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There are passages that actually cause a catch in the throat

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But still we are haunted by it

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He acknowledges that the event would not bulk so large in memory if 1 the murderer hadnt been the father of somebody i knew and 2 i hadnt later on done something i was ashamed of afterward

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But the second mystery whatever the narrator had done that he was ashamed of is not really made clear until the end of the book

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Well before then the story now proceeding in the form of an omniscient thirdperson narrative has been transformed into an imaginative reconstruction of how the close friendship of lloyd wilson and clarence smith was sundered by wilsons obsession with smiths wife fern which she welcomed and how both families unraveled after their affair became known

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The story is so rich and beautifully told you feel as though you are there in this small town in central illinois reliving the events through several peoples and one dogs viewpoints

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However i was somewhat disappointed to see that the novella was more of an exposition of maxwells craft then it was the underlying theme and structure

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Since the jacket blurb by michael ondaatje compares so long see you tomorrow to a miniature painting maybe i can be forgiven for comparing this work by william maxwell to a musical tone poem