Auster is always at his most solemn at those moments in his books which are least plausible and most ragingly unaffecting. |
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Jonathan Keeble's Hatfield has a louche, plausible charm, but he's all surface, which makes his eventual remorse seem unaffecting. |
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Although tricked out in fancy prose, both global catastrophe and one family's painful struggle remain unaffecting. |
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They are impressive, smart, and often gorgeous, but unaffecting. |
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