Being book 5 in the Clifton Chronicles. Jane Smiley's
multi-generational trilogy is so full of characters it becomes hard
to keep track of them all. Archer solves this issue by regularly
killing off his people. Since book 4 ended with a bang that seemingly
involved his entire cast it seemed obvious that he had to come up
with some sort of rescue or he'd have no one to write about.
Write what you know is a standard dictum. Given his checkered past
what this author knows has become a thing I no longer feel
comfortable sharing. The machinations of Bond or Wall Street hold no
charms for this reader. Having run out of likeable characters to
follow I've lost interest in reading further in this series. However
as usual Archer leaves the reader with a cliff-hanger ending. Since
I'm borrowing this series from a library and I've already read the
first couple chapters of book six....
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