<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>1216178</id>
  <title><![CDATA[White Town Drowsing]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[087113103X]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780871131034]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629946m/1216178.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629946s/1216178.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">1216178</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">4</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">1204643</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">10</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1986</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>White Town Drowsing</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:4|5:2|4:2|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">18</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">5</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.50]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[3]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[2]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1216178.White_Town_Drowsing]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1216178.White_Town_Drowsing]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>2027</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Ron Powers]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2027.Ron_Powers]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.13</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>2832</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>545</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="5" total="5">
      <review>
  <id>59828232</id>
    <user>
    <id>914448</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ira]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/914448-ira]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">675761</id>
  <isbn>038542423X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780385424233</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[White Town Drowsing]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675761.White_Town_Drowsing</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
  <published>1986</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 15 19:51:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 15 19:53:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Mildly interesting study of Hannibal, Mo, a town that lifves in the shadow of its association with Mark Twain. This book has moments of beautiful writing, as Ron Powers, who grew up there, is a poetic kind of guy and writes with affection about the city. But it also becomes pedantic and caught up in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59828232">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59828232]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59828232]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>38797282</id>
    <user>
    <id>72162</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Barney]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Allentown, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/72162-barney]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1216043613p3/72162.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1216043613p2/72162.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1216178</id>
  <isbn>087113103X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780871131034</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[White Town Drowsing]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629946m/1216178.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629946s/1216178.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1216178.White_Town_Drowsing</link>
  <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
  <published>1986</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 28 06:25:01 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 28 06:38:29 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[ An absolutely personal memoir. Insanely well written but definitely for Twain geeks and Powers aficionados. Very much a YMMV book depending on your obsession with Twain and appreciation of Powers prose.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38797282]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38797282]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>12409068</id>
    <user>
    <id>31588</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Daniel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/31588-daniel]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1227657764p3/31588.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1227657764p2/31588.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1216178</id>
  <isbn>087113103X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780871131034</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[White Town Drowsing]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629946m/1216178.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629946s/1216178.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1216178.White_Town_Drowsing</link>
  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
  <published>1986</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 13 11:58:27 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 13 12:02:50 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is about Hannibal, Missouri, the town where both the author and Mark Twain grew up. White Town follows the author's many trips there in 1985 to cover the town's failed attempts to stage a huge celebration for Hannibal's sesquicentennial. A really good look at contemporary hucksterism and i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12409068">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12409068]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12409068]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>41365627</id>
    <user>
    <id>1787300</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Grant]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1787300-grant]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228856730p3/1787300.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228856730p2/1787300.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">675761</id>
  <isbn>038542423X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780385424233</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[White Town Drowsing]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675761.White_Town_Drowsing</link>
  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
  <published>1986</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="bio-auto-memoir" />
        <shelf name="general-nonfiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 30 21:03:42 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 21:03:42 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41365627]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41365627]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>37208638</id>
    <user>
    <id>1695962</id>
    <name><![CDATA[kate]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Centralia, MO]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1695962-kate]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226244072p3/1695962.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226244072p2/1695962.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1216178</id>
  <isbn>087113103X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780871131034</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[White Town Drowsing]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629946m/1216178.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223629946s/1216178.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1216178.White_Town_Drowsing</link>
  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
  <published>1986</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 08 16:07:37 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 08 16:07:44 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37208638]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37208638]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="general-nonfiction" />
          <shelf name="bio-auto-memoir" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1216178</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>