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    <body><![CDATA[ [A] striking debut...reading his succinct stories is as natural as breathing. But like the quick, fool-the-eye, knock-you-flat moves of kung fu (a recurrent theme), these tales of lonely, brooding, sweetly romantic guys pack covert and concentrated power.<strong>—Chicago Tribune</strong><br/><br/>Messinger’s ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10098869">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The publishing of this book is an occasion to celebrate.  There are many wonderfully sincere, humbling moments in each of these stories.  Many of them involve characters stuck in dream worlds filled with obstacles they struggle to overcome during waking life.  Rich, seductive things happen to these ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8224410">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection of short stories reminds me of a Jim Jarmush movie.  The characters are loveable and they travel through these nearly plot-less stories with great insight.  I found the stories to be very comforting and also a refreshing way to start the morning commute.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Lonely and quirky book. I really did like these stories even though they all ended up leaving me feeling like I had a hole in my stomach. Maybe it was the mindset I went into them with, however, I found myself really taken aback emotionally by the poignant stories. I could see a little bit of myself...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34536981">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good and odd short fiction. I really, really enjoyed the fact that every bit of this book had story elements to it...the colophon page, the about the author, the catalog. Great actualization of using the entirety of the book (okay almost the entirety) to create dialogue. The stories were fast, funny...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23195758">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in a few short hours.  Each story is devastating in some way, and I actually copied a few passages down because I liked them so much.  I loved how each story seems to end with a sense of transition, and I found all of the men very relatable and lovable, even with their flaws. Highly...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11591503">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent collection of short stories from the Time Out book review editor.  Hiding Out is real people:  petty and profound, hip and hilarious.  If you want to hear me express myself a bit better on this subject, see my review at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ink19.com/issues/november2007/printReviews/hidingOut.html" title="http://www.ink19.com/issues/november2007/printReviews/hidingOut.html">http://www.ink19.com/issues/november2007...</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9098582">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. I had ordered it via an advertisement in the back of another ya book for my library. However, this is NOT a ya book. A ya would not have the life experience to understand some of these very gripping, heart wrenching stories. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A solid collection of short stories. They're incredibly Chicagoland centric, down to earth and just a little quirky. And I felt the collection got better towards the end (Winged Attack, Christmas Spirit and Scream in the Dark were all really great).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The title story is pure gold. The book is worth it for that one alone. The rest of them felt a little all over the place to me, but it's ok: that just means Messinger's only going to keep getting better, and more consistently better. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Some stories made me laugh outloud, others made me cringe a little and one (the wolf attack story) made me scratch my head and go &quot;huh, that was a weird one.&quot;  <br/><br/>Very enjoyable.  Kudos Johnathon.  Hope the book tour went well!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[co-founder of featherweight press and other impressive accolades, author jonathan messinger wrote this collection, male or female he &quot;gets it&quot;...what it feels like to want to hide and also want to be found at the same time]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is beautiful and strange and made me want to use language in entirely new ways. The amazing drawings that accompany it and the aesthetic of the book are also gorgeous]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fast read. I bought it Saturday at the Renegade Craft Fair and finished it by Sunday morning. The story about the guy who emails himself was my favorite.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to this one.  Anybody else familiar with it?  Seems like this guy is an up-and-comer.  I'm always interested in new Chicago authors.]]></body>
    
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