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    <body><![CDATA[It was a bunch of short stories written by Tennessee Williams. The main conflict in this book is loneliness because everyone in the short story has something missing in their life. This one story was about how this guy who is very hungary finds an apple and just focuses his whole life around that on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77998355">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Either Tennessee Williams was a very unhappy gay man or he had a terrible opinion of queer life.  His stories reflect a time in America when &quot;perversion&quot; was the first word that popped into people's minds when the idea of two men loving each other came up.  To allow yourself the love of a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24884510">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why does anyone ever put this collection down? I've picked it back up, yawning (but not giving up) over the volcano book. But there's even a connection between Lowry and 10 and it's Mexico. But that is the only connection. Ten writes so well. o-me-lord.<br/><br/>What can I possibly add? Oriflamme ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5203602">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The short stories of my favorite playwright, a roundup of his romantic losers, desperately clinging to illusion in difficult circumstances.  Sound like anyone we know?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best collections ever put down on paper....<br/><br/>From the twisted to lonliness, to the crazy to the sadness, Williams, without a doubt, is the best writer ever.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is stellar. It's amazing to see someone grow in the realm of &quot;fiction&quot;. Obviously, Tee Dubs uses his own life as a back drop and reference point in almost everything. In his early work he references his family life and his crazy old maid sister.After the rough drafts of some of h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35319828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Last stories written - The Killer Chicken and the Closet Queen - wild!  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Liked this collection, tho it was uneven.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes Rebecca, I know. <br/><br/>:P]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As way of introduction, my first best friend gave me a copy of this book when she saw me reading &quot;Catch-22&quot;. That was almost forever ago and I still think it's one of the best short story collections I've ever read. Much better than his plays, which set a high standard.<br/><br/>The dept...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13018382">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Williams has a knack for plumbing the richest depths of human longing.  An absolutely orginal voice in American drama.  He often warmed up for his plays by writing short stories and one of the stories here, &quot;Three Players of A Summer's Game,&quot; a precursor to his famous &quot;Cat on a Hot Ti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2625298">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I went through a short story phase in my early twenties. (I think I just had a short attention span) During that time I found that one of my favorite playwrights was also a short story writer.  All of the stories are mostly melancholy and tragic, but they were all well written and absorbing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So America's greatest playwright was also it's greatest short story writer. Who knew? These tales are heart-breaking, funny, thought provoking, and stylish. Don't walk but RUN to your nearest bookstore, purchase this book, call in sick to work, and sit down to read. You won't be sorry.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had never read anything by Tennessee Williams before this because I hate plays, but these stories are very very good.  They are in chronological order, and just tend to get better and better.  Weird, sad, funny, sick.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tennessee Williams is one of the gaping holes in my literary education.  I think that about the only thing I have read by him is the Glass Menagerie, which I have actually read more than once.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting collection of short stories.  From lost loves to twists and turns, Williams continually keeps the reader involved and interested.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Especially interesting to those who know his plays will be &quot;Portrait of a Girl in Glass&quot; and &quot;Three Players of a Summer Game&quot;.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I been reading this on and off all year. wow, tennessee was kinda freaky. especially ' desire and the black masseur '.<br/>I had no idea.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More Tennessee. More awkwardness. More dashed hopes. More social awkwardness and inwardness. And, yes, more incest. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[His stories are stunning to say the least. I felt more human at times just for reading these gems. ]]></body>
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