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One might also point out that it's the little things - the main character's love of baseball and fried-egg sandwiches, for instance - that ground this deeply reflective, yet accessible novel. There's also an intriguing plot turn and characters who harbor beguiling histories. Readers will be delighted to know that Robinson has lost none of her edge when it comes to poetic prose, for 'Gilead' is chock full of rich, complex language, as well as plunges into intricate philosophical and spiritual introspections. , as a one-masterpiece wonder (if we're not counting It's certainly a relief to fans who thought she might go the way of It's been 23 years since Marilynne Robinson published her first novel, 'Housekeeping,' so to say the publication of her second novel is long-awaited is a bit of an understatement.

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