Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not recommended

I was very disappointed. This is an immensely talented author. But the book is boring, the worst sin in a novel, and though the setting is well-drawn, I have seen Jerusalem depicted even better in William bayer's PATTERN CRIMES, now out of print. In the end this is a well-written, intellectual novel with characters one doesn't care about. Sad, since this author's novel set in Central America, Red Flag At Sunrise, is a great book!