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Originally Posted by gmw
It seemed to me that the book changed moods quite substantially as it progressed; I am not at all sure this was intentional.
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I agree with the change in mood. In fact, unlike what seems to be the feeling here, I liked the early parts best; I thought them most accomplished and most suited to Fry's talents. Even then, editing down would have helped, but I found the Cambridge hi-jinks amusing and the social commentary interesting - Michael's appalling attitude toward the college porter, for example, and the porter's effective resistance. I even wondered if there was supposed to be an echo there of the scenes with Alois Hitler at the border, because there was really no other point to that.