AliCorbin reviewed Waxwings by Jonathan Raban
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4 stars
A larger than usual group. And we were so eager that we started talking before everyone had sat down. The feelings toward the book were mostly positive, thinking that it was a well-written description of Seattle during the heady dot-com era. It was put forward that it was actually an indictment of greedy Americans, and was written for a British audience, rather than an American one. And Bill called out the symbolism of the final scene, where the flock of waxwings descends on the tree, stripping it bare, before flying off to find another tree to denude.