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A murder mystery needs a strong plot, and that's Banville's weakness.
It's a story with many levels, but it is quite a deliberately simple, strong plot.
"Tea for Three" is biography theater — it's not for playgoers seeking action or a strong plot.
While maintaining a strong plot, "Babylon 5" also concentrated on affordable special effects.
An emphasis on strong plot and the rejection of fiction's digressive powers seems to be the order of the day.
A musical requires everything that the source material doesn't have: a strong plot, action and a heroine who changes.
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But there are actually really strong plots.
I do also like novelists like Tolstoy who combine strong plots with philosophical or political musings.
He also created clear, strong plots and characters interesting enough to inspire and embody the drama of Mozart's music.
Likewise, the ending, after many pages of strong plotting and dense description, feels abrupt and leaves too many questions un-answered, even after a close reading.
Recently in "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," and now in "The Good Thief," the reader can find plain-spoken fiction full of traditional virtues: strong plotting, pure lucidity, visceral momentum and a total absence of writerly mannerisms.
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