![]() ![]() ![]() A Prayer not only provides detail characterization for a great cast of eccentrics, its primary protagonist is not the POV character. First person is challenging when you want to portray detail for many characters. Enveloping and evocative use of setting - both historical and geographic - to set the tone and pacing 2. Although APFOM has an interesting plot and a shattering ending, if you read this book just for the story, you will miss the best part APFOM is truly a modern classic with some of the best and most engaging use of literary devices and provocative thought I've ever seen. If I could choose one phrase to summarize this masterpiece, I couldn't do better than the title of Jan's review - "Not written - crafted.exquisitely" (nicely said, Jan!). ![]()
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