The book follows the life of one (fictional) William Harrison Shepherd (1916-195?), the son of a (mostly absent) American father and a social climbing Mexican mother. "Not much pay-off" being scaled entirely in relation to the other books of hers I have read. However, too much of it feels like scaffolding designed to support those zingy sections, and it's a lot of work for not much pay-off. Kingsolver is attempting some new things in this book, there are some formal innovations that are different from other works, and there are parts that zing with the obvious interest the topics have for her. I persevered, and finished it, but I'm not really willing to recommend it. There was little of the exuberance of language I associate with her, and the people at the center of the story were so boring, unpleasant, aloof. It was distanced, somehow, as though the characters were just not interesting to her. I've had this book on my shelf for nearly a year, and just couldn't push past the first chapter.
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