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Barbara Kingsolver Makes a Misstep as She Tries to Make Her Point in 'The Lacuna'

By Christine Wald-Hopkins
Tucson Weekly | November 11, 2009
Kingsolver has created a reserved, unassuming character in Harrison Shepherd. He's so unassuming, in fact, that he becomes a cipher. Kingsolver's trademark nuanced characterization is not well-served by this collaged point of view.
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