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Ziggurat by Peter Balakian
2.0

Despite its modern publication date, this book feels like an inside joke for men living in New York in the seventies. It's emotionless and largely inaccessible. So many of the line breaks feel like attempts at being clever that end up being annoying, requiring a double read to get the full sentence. It lacks flow and anything interesting.