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    <body><![CDATA[A Fantastic Book!  Recommended by one of my close friends (thanks Erin Behnke!) as &quot;my kind of book&quot; and I've rarely enjoyed a first reading of a book this much.  Funny, articulate, sad, a fictionalized account by one of the &quot;There's Something about Mary&quot; writers about his strugg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42588020">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An amazingly funny book about a writer trying to make it big in Hollywood. A character you might love or hate but one that you definitely feel like you know, honestly, and one who will make you laugh.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really fun book!!! It was a supper fast read even though it was not a small book (for me). I enjoyed it very much!! The twists and turn this poor guy goes through is really funny and I laughed out loud quite a few times!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read The Comedy Writer off a recommendation I received from Goodreads. All I can say is I LOVE GOODREADS! The Comedy Writer is a very funny and self deprecating look at one man's attempt to become a writer in Hollywood.  Although the book is fiction, I'm guessing a lot of it is based on real stuff...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3053839">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If they had 3 and a half stars possible, I'd probably give it that.  I did like this book, but I don't know that I'd come back to read it again and again.  It was funny and very truthful. Spoiler alert -  Don't know about the ending.  Part of me feels that it's a cop out.  Part of me feels it's the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12857468">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would be too embarassed to recommend this hilariously raunchy book to most of my friends - I think they should read it, I just don't want them to think I think they should read it. and I think they would think it was funny but in case they don't think it was funny I don't want them to think I thou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2068481">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty funny book.  Don't remember much too it, an entertaining read.]]></body>
    
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