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    <body><![CDATA[This book got under my skin in the way that a TB test gets under the skin. It made my reading bone all red and inflamed. (<em>That</em> sounded nastier than I meant to sound.) I have a peeve against novels and stories that are plagued with too many, well, <em>characters</em>. That is, characters that are so obviously...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20669968">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After an American Literary institution (Delillo's 'Libra') and a best selling populist (Douglas Preston's 'Monster...') both fail to catch my interest, I'm hoping Ehrenrich's Odyssey inspired debut will do something for me...<br/><br/>Ehrenreich shows promise.  I'll be on the lookout for his next ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66309663">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This has got to be one of my most favorite books of all time!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was really disappointed by this novel. I heard of Ben Ehrenreich in the 2004 Best Nonrequired Reading from his story &quot;What You Eat,&quot; which was instantly one of my favorites. I was waiting for his first novel, which I bought in hardcover once i came out - something I really do instead of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29517503">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First, I'll add my voice to the chorus: Goodreads should include half-star ratings. <br/><br/>'Cause this is a 3.5-star book, a melancholy but zippy stab at the Odyssey.  The prose and some of the vignettes remind me of Donald Barthelme and Donald Antrim (particularly <em>The Hundred Brothers</em>), and I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66293844">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the strangeness of the whole story, yet with very familiar elements that made it somehow easy to follow. It gets a little frustrating towards the end, but the writing is great, and it keeps you going to see what happens... or how it gets to the end it announces from the beginning of the book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22710393">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not sure. Liked bits of it and ignoring the Odyssey theme from the journey standpoint to the waiting standpoint. Have decided i'm not a big fan of violence in movies or books. (who is really a &quot;fan&quot; of it though?) Needless to say, it puts me off.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am in love with the way this book was written. The words, the author's voice, everything. It's a slightly off kilter, punk retelling of the Odyssey, which is nice, but if the phone book was written by this guy, I would be in love with it too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit gimmicky I thought.  More of a flourishy show-off than a good story.  The characters were too...character-y to actually like.  But then, it's not as if The Odyssey is full of warmth.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the sadly over-looked book of 2006.  white trash odyssey.  my sister would love it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting telling of the Penelope side of the story.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i loved this book so much and recommend it to everyone. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was wild. It usually made my head spin.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[really enjoyed it.  ]]></body>
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