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Old 04-15-2018, 07:28 PM   #28
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To get back to the book, I was left wondering just who his target audience was. I suspect it was young and silly undergraduates, who might think it funny to insert narrative sections into a thesis, and also think it all terribly clever.
I wondered what type of audience enjoyed this book too. The Goodreads reviews are rated 70% at 4/5 stars. This book was published 20 years ago. When I was reading it I tried to put myself back in the mindset of that time period.

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There’s one good thing about this book - we all seem to be pretty much in agreement about it!
Finally we found common ground.
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