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  <read_at>Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Donald Barthelme, but this novella didn't captivate me the way his writing usually does.  The premise (King Arthur fights World War II) is certainly great and Barthelmian, and there were chuckle-out-loud moments aplenty (particularly those that involved multiple characters falling into a swoo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12017115">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Barthelme was a genius at crafting perfect sentences -- just totally excellent little sentences. His books are filled with sentences that you just want to pluck out of the book and cherish forever. It's just a bonus that he also strung them together to form his hilarious and totally unique books. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78840202">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This odd and allegorical tale of WWII fought by the knights of the Round Table reads more like a play than a novel -- characters stride on stage and declaim, disappear and reappear. There's even a chorus, presumably of the populace. Barthelme is intelligent and his prose is highly intellectualized, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75935726">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Easily my least favorite Barthelme work, but still a pleasurable read.  I think the discussion of the media was one of my favorite parts -- Guinevere was generally a bore, unfortunately. Arthur and the other knights were much more amusing and fresh.]]></body>
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    <review id="44843672">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[For fans of King Arthur and his gang... Earnest and masterful and tragic and comic. Some of the best dialogue going. A joy. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44843672]]></url>
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    <review id="73122955">
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 01 13:34:34 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 01 13:35:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A cracking good read with a quiet but strong moral center.]]></body>
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    <review id="70494210">
    <user id="2532217">
    <name><![CDATA[Bob]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[06614-171]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 08 12:42:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 12:43:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Difficult, but enjoyable. Slow going as a foreign language.]]></body>
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    <review id="44527071">
    <user id="1957528">
    <name><![CDATA[Wrpainting]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious. WW2 as fought by the Round Table.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44527071]]></url>
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    <review id="44823808">
    <user id="1957287">
    <name><![CDATA[Mark]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Houston, TX]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 29 21:31:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 29 21:31:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[there are a lot of reasons to prefer barthelme as a short story writer, but his novels still work fine too.]]></body>
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    <review id="9977472">
    <user id="661148">
    <name><![CDATA[Will]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 05 08:24:33 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[King Arthur tries to rule England, keep his wife and his knights occupied, and fend off his bastard Mordred's attempts at the crown... while fighting World War II.  A strange, funny, sad Arthurian tale that feels as traditional as Steinbeck's, or as revisionist as White's... The King reads like a st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9977472">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9977472]]></url>
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    <review id="3029491">
    <user id="74192">
    <name><![CDATA[rebecca]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[megalomaniacs]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 13 09:45:35 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 13 09:54:42 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was sold to me along with some red denim clown pants for $15 by a friend.  In addition, a copy was given to me for my 23rd birthday by Chelsea.  Chelsea you were right!  This is one of my very favorite books ever.  Because I am a megalomaniac.<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.believermag.com/issues/200310/article_moffett.php" title="http://www.believermag.com/issues/200310/article_moffett.php">http://www.believermag.com/issues/200310...</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3029491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22436089">
    <user id="123153">
    <name><![CDATA[Joe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Redwood City, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 17 11:17:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mega-awesome. Combines the King Arthur legend with World War II. Special Appearance: The Holy Grail as atomic bomb. I want to give this book 6 stars. It's rare, if not singular to Barthelme, that I actually laugh out loud while reading a &quot;lit&quot; book, but it was certainly the case with this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22436089">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72465381">
    <user id="1652316">
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought that someone must be insane or genius to imagine what would King Arthur do during the second world war. The idea is very appealing but the result is not entirely on my liking.<br/>My copy of this book is in romanian.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Post-modernist? Surrealist? Dang if I know. But Barthelme's work is funny and sharp and I somewhat suspect that we wouldn't have <em>McSweeney's</em>-style authors without him.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The idea is very original: King Arthur, Launcelot, Guenevere are stuck in the WW2 period, in England. A very amusing book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[King Arthur Vs. Nazis.  Really strange. Very funny.<br/><br/>Guinevere in bed with the Brown Knight. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Barthelme's weakest novel, but still enjoyable. &quot;Like having a volcano in the parlor.&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[King Arthur set in WWII era England; written mostly in dialogue.  Brilliant.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[King Arthur meets Winston Churchill, and the Black Knight.  ]]></body>
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