SOURCE: Lovell, Julia. “The Country's Cults.” Times Literary Supplement, no. 5239 (29 August 2003): 21.
In the following review, Lovell complains that the narrative in Somersault is too formulaic and flat, asserting that Haruki Murakami's Underground offers a much more compelling portrayal of Japanese cults.
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