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    <body><![CDATA[  This book or rather, collection of short stories, is superb! This was the third work of Yates that I have read and I think it may be my favorite. Each story was so rich with raw human emotion that I could feel the characters' pain in my stomach. Yates' ability to convey the human condition is unca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29400899">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Richard Yates is now officially my favorite author. His short stories are absolutely blowing me away. I will recommend this to anyone who loves literature. Yates is, I think I can safely say, the best writer I've read. <br/><br/>This book contains some of the best short stories I have ever read. &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30264149">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not one to truly enjoy short stories but Yates is my newest literary idol. Concise glimpses into the somewhat bitter and disillusioned -- but always with just a dollop of empathy. If you haven't discovered Yates as of yet, do it as soon as possible. The man is incredible.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Universally loved by the Mr B's book group, this little collection of short stories are perfectly captured character studies of &quot;Mad Men&quot; era America. Mainly urban in tone, each story is downbeat and just a little claustrophobic. He has a wonderfully rich yet economical way with language: ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62134208">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A look into the 1950's suburban American life. Yate's writing is just so terribly honest and at times heartbreaking. The people in his stories are haunted, hollow and real. Not exactly uplifting but a wonderful read all the same.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[fantastic collection - the language is nothing dazzling or showy, it says what it needs to say and soon you find yourself swept up in the tiny tradgedies with answers that Yates constructs. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well written in many parts - his descriptions of madness descending seemed very real - however, the way he tied the end together was just too obvious...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was disappointed with this collection of short stories. I felt like they were tedious to read. I loved Revolutionary Road but these couldn't even compare. I'm not giving up on Yate's though; I'd still like to reads a couple of his other novels. I think I'm just not a fan of his short stories. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The best cover and title of a book in literature, I think, which the book lives up to. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent, if you like this kind of thing.  Loneliness, that is.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sad and not-so-sad portraits of: eleven kinds of loneliness. Collected short stories.]]></body>
    
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