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When a complex narrative voice relates a story through multifaceted metaphors, there is a density to the work that will daunt many readers. While it is the case that sometimes readers have to do more work than usual, it is also true that to write prose that is (admittedly) innovative and experimental, should not entail the sacrifice of accessibility �� which is what has happened here. This novel, to be blunt, grinds down to just plain tedium. While I could have persisted beyond the mid-way, I have chosen not to finish “Greed�� because I don’t think it is worth the effort or my time. Many other readers with a similar reaction have given the work a ��2��, and I will follow their lead.