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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
The first sentence is one of my favorite of the book. The second is textbook Greek tragedy, which has been discussed by those more learned than me above.
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I agree with you about the first sentence. As it happens, this book would also have been a fit for next month as a first and it's not surprising that it has the flaws of a first novel, namely being overly explicit and obvious at times. A more seasoned writer would have fixed what you aptly characterize as "textbook," either by understating what he said in his follow-on sentence or leaving it out altogether.