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    <body><![CDATA[The Paper Eater.  Another inventive psychological thriller cum black comedy cum dystopia from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Liz Jensen" title="Liz Jensen">Liz Jensen</a>. This time it’s a combination of an isolated society managed by corporate software, a small-time fraudster convicted of a serious crime he didn’t do, a cast of female characters suffering fro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50535281">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit difficult to get into because of the jargon of the future, but after a while that's exactly what makes it entertaining and engaging. A great dystopian story of a corporation replacing democratic government and the sorts of deception required for it to appear successful.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[fiction. one of my favorite authors. social commentary, has a vein of a negative utopia. ]]></body>
    
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