false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188929940m/1020995.jpg 1020995 1 One morning in the park James Sim discovers a man, crumpled on the ground, stabbed in the chest. In the man's last breath, he whispers his confession: <i>Samedi. </i><br><br>What follows is a spellbinding game of cat and mouse as James is abducted, brought to an asylum, and seduced by a woman in yellow. Who is lying? What is Samedi? And what will happen on the seventh day? 1007122 4 9 2007 Samedi the Deafness (Vintage Contemporaries) total:330|5:70|4:130|3:94|2:27|1:9| 330 1215 523 87 1 4 false false Sat Dec 15 15:36:29 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 15:15:05 -0800 2007
Jesse Ball is very nice and very smart. I am moderately nice and mildly smart. I didn't like this book. But I don't blame him, I blame me.]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 10:11:36 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 10:23:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 17:14:39 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 05:29:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 08:33:43 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 06:57:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Oct 22 00:06:55 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 04 00:50:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 14 07:21:51 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 07:22:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 23:59:01 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 18:26:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 15:47:54 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 16:06:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 23 15:12:16 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 15:14:36 -0800 2009 STOP SMILING review of Samedi the Deafness:

According to Samedi the Deafness, Jesse Ball’s debut novel, a verisylum is an institution established for the treatment of chronic liars. What it is, essentially, is a labyrinth, where walls shift continuously, passageways seal unexpect...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 31 07:22:29 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 07:26:48 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 16:25:37 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 15 19:43:40 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Wed Aug 29 16:51:35 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 16:53:58 -0700 2007
The only flaw was maybe the ending. ]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 06:20:12 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 11:20:40 -0800 2007 2 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 09:53:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:59:40 -0700 2009
'Samedi the Deafness' ce...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 08:29:45 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 08:29:45 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 21:59:04 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 09:35:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 01 21:28:50 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 19:13:25 -0700 2009 The second type seemed only slogh...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 09 13:46:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 13:50:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 23:27:52 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 10:57:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 02 17:53:45 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 12 08:02:42 -0700 2008
It's been a really long time since I read what I'd consider a regular b...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1020995