The Boston Globe, December 7th, 1998
CAMBRIDGE -- "This neighborhood is a neighborhood," insists George Packer of the real Central Square and of the fictional Central Square of his new novel, "Central Square." Out on the street there is the mid-morning scene of fellows from the shelter hanging out, mothers dragging small kids in and out of bargain stores, and the occasional ur-ban professional (if not a social worker, then a social engineer). There are recognized characters and the unnoticed unknowns -- but all of them "regulars." And those Central Square "regulars" populate the novel -- enough so that not a few residents say the...
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