A strange, unique form for a work of fiction. Is it a series of short stories with a similar setting, or a novel? Some of the characters continue throughout, others are seen only once. The "narrator" is the strangest aspect. We never learn anything about him, yet he sees all and knows all, even when he is not present. He is a character, not just the voice of the author, yet we learn nothing about him. Very strange.
It's also a lot more graphic and realistic than the sanitized musical that we have all seen on TV or sung in High School. Worth a read, but I can't rate it very high among the pulitzers. It takes more than an interesting sequence of stories to make good fiction.
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