For me he's one of those authors that doesn't live up to my memory. I read almost everything he wrote when I was in my teens (many years ago). I tried to re-read some of his stuff a couple of years ago and it just didn't grab me any more. Lots of narrative, not much action or dialog and when he uses symbolism he has a tendency to turn around and explain it to you rather than letting you figure it out for yourself.
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