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    <body><![CDATA[Psychotically slapstick tale of an ace reporter who lost his private parts in the war, unfortunately the newshound is handsome as hell, so the ladies all chase after him like nobody’s business. What’s a hostile, castrated hunk to do but kill all the women? <br/>Best scene in the book is when th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29480719">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had a hard time getting through this one--all of the whodunnit stuff really bogged it down. However, the mayonnaise chapter did a lot to make the whole thing more palatable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Salud to Jim Thompson, second to none in suspense noir writing. An emasculated newspaper reporter murders his ex-wife...or does he? Turns out there are clues behind that don't jibe with what he did. And then he murders more to cover his tracks...or does he? Is the drink getting to him? Or is someone...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27445683">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[God, I love Jim Thompson. On a whim, I decided to reread some of my favorites. <em>The Nothing Man</em> is a blast. A poetry-writing newspaper man, fifths of whisky downed in a few hours, women who fall in love easily and quickly, and murder. What's not to love?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the NOthing man.  it's shakespeare.  lear and hamlet have a lot in common with the drunken slob of an anti-hero in this novel.<br/><br/>a lot of walking and talking in this, as well.<br/><br/>i'd love to see a screenplay for this.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mildly interesting story of a eunuch / ace reporter who carries out a series of attempted murders. The lampooning of newspapers is hilarious, but the rest is a bit, uh, unsatisfying.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book six or seven times, and it just keeps getting funnier every time.]]></body>
    
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