The Abstinence Teacher.(Book review) From: The Humanist | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Schneider, Howard | COPYRIGHT 2008 American Humanist Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Abstinence Teacher

By Tom Perrotta

(St. Martin's, 2007)

358 pp.; $24.95

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THE PROBLEM WITH stories ripped from the headlines is that they are often--to combine cliches--more sizzle than steak. I am aware that Dostoevsky apparently wrote Crime and Punishment after reading a newspaper article. Tom Perrotta--bombshell alert--isn't Dostoevsky. More to the point he isn't Updike and it is in Updike country-...

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