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I love a big, sprawling character story, and I love a crime novel. Rarely do these two loves meet effectively, but occassionally they do, and Whitaker has nailed it here. A bleak, gritty story about a crime and the ripples it leaves in the lives of its two central characters. Whitaker somehow manages to make a story that sprawls over 600 pages, and across decades feel pacy. An immersive, compelling read.