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  <title><![CDATA[The Guide: A Novel (Penguin Classics)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Formerly India's most corrupt tourist guide, Raju&amp;#151;just released from prison&amp;#151;seeks refuge in an abandoned temple. Mistaken for a holy man, he plays the part and succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju's newfound sanctity to the test. Narayan's most celebrated novel, &lt;I&gt;The Guide&lt;/I&gt; won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country's highest literary honor.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1958</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[R.K. Narayan]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Mar 07 21:26:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 07 21:54:10 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My friend Jim Earl recently wrote an excellent article entitled &quot;How to Read the Indian Novel.&quot;  This article was the culmination of reading sixty Indian novels over a fairly short period of time.  His favorite Indian novelist of the many he read is R.K. Narayan.  So I picked up Narayan's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48568901">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45172456">
    <user id="66384">
    <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 02 13:49:58 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 02 13:53:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's always seemed apt to me that Graham Greene was who brought Narayan to Western readers. Narayan's plots are Greene-esque in their straightforwardnes, while his characters stripped down to elemental flaws and wants. You can learn a lot about writing from these fellahs. Can we call this British no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45172456">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75059303">
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    <location><![CDATA[Albuquerque, NM]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 19 15:59:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 19 15:59:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading Desai's &quot;Inheritance of Loss&quot; and hearing that she was a huge fan of Narayan's writing, I picked this up.  What a great story!  The majority of his writings are set w/in Malgudi, an imaginary town captured in time but very realistically portrayed.  Why everyone should read fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75059303">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Spiros]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[those who enjoy convoluted, redemptive tales]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 18 08:49:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 24 22:39:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Railway Raju&quot; is a thoroughly engaging rogue, a tour guide always looking to skim a little extra; when his life intersects with a bloodless pedant and his devadasi wife, his placid existence is up-ended, as he becomes captivated both by her beauty and her dancing. Raju is at his best when...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56479560">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43324212">
    <user id="887727">
    <name><![CDATA[Allie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[St. George, Ontario, Canada]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 16 23:07:02 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 23:10:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have many books by R.K. Narayan; 'The Guide' is my favourite. Its subtitle is 'A Novel of a Reluctant Holy Man', but it would be more fair to say that Raju is a surprised holy man. Taking refuge in a temple after being imprisoned, Raju is taken for a holy man and brought offerings of food. The tal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43324212">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61713122">
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    <name><![CDATA[Barbara]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 30 20:48:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 06 13:16:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The course of a middle-class Indian man's life serves as an illustration of ... something I couldn't quite pin down. Maybe it's a commentary on people who are not personally great who are drawn into greatness through fate? Maybe it's about the sadness of dreams not realized? Or the sadness of not ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61713122">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5499070">
    <user id="223377">
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 01 16:19:25 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 21 06:47:03 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of Narayan's novels that I've read, and I was bothered by it in the same way I'm always bothered by stories that sacrifice psychological verisimilitude for the sake of plot. Raju, the main character, begins the book as an unethical, opportunistic, but essentially likable fellow; as...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5499070">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18414720">
    <user id="434649">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Denver, CO]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 22 19:37:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 27 19:59:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not at all sure how I &quot;feel&quot; about this book. I never felt exactly compelled by the story or the characters, though I became increasingly curious about where it would all end up. The protagonist is a very curious creature -- an almost purely selfish man (whose selfishness often disguis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18414720">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48970311">
    <user id="153826">
    <name><![CDATA[Ronny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[BSD, Indonesia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 11 16:47:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 16:51:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[bacaan yg mungkin pas utk merenungkan fenomena Ponari. Raju cuma mencari tempat sembunyi di kuil telantar demi menghindari kejaran orang2, tapi masyarakat sekitar lantas menganggapnya sbg orang suci. Dan dia jadi menikmati &quot;perannya&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="65715255">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ram]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bombay, India]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 31 18:26:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 31 18:29:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Undoubtedly a great book by the greatest known writer from India and made into a succesful movie starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman. The movie deviates a little from the book, nevertheless it does create an impact. ]]></body>
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    <review id="41872303">
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    <name><![CDATA[Aaron]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 14:26:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 04 14:26:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good and fascinating depiction of life in the post-colonial era.  It is not a political book, but a book about interesting people and culture.]]></body>
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    <review id="8771435">
    <user id="166960">
    <name><![CDATA[Dan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Arlington Heights, IL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 06 18:27:14 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 10 09:12:53 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent story of redemption and a nice slice of humanity.  Narayan is great writer. It took me about 24 hours after finishing the book to realize that I really loved this novel.  It's actually a fast read and the characters and narrator(s) have 'nifty' vocabularies which allows the story to be tol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8771435">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62115848">
    <user id="2487254">
    <name><![CDATA[Gail]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Springfield, IL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 04 08:36:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 04 08:37:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book changed my life.]]></body>
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    <review id="16147338">
    <user id="568989">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[South Pasadena, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 22 21:27:07 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 04 20:05:07 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great story about someone who has lived their lives following the question &quot;what do I want to do&quot; rather than &quot;what should I do&quot; and &quot;what will be best for me&quot; rather than &quot;what will be best for all.&quot;  However, his heart is changed at the very end which allows...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16147338">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42558978">
    <user id="1888594">
    <name><![CDATA[Claire]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Apr 05 14:03:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was uncomfortable a lot of the time, his inner workings for most of his life were marked by the same slippery slope/twisted thinking methodology of addiction. Which doesn't do it for me. Was entirely interesting throughout, and I enjoyed it through my discomfort a lot of the time. Will look forwar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42558978">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15036962">
    <user id="728236">
    <name><![CDATA[Tracy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Paul, MN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 10 04:06:19 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 10 04:06:19 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Liked the book though I wasn't able to finish it because it was a busy semester, but I plan on coming back to it.  Had difficulty deciding if I actually LIKED the main character, but I am not sure if you need to.  For me it was more about the journey than the person.]]></body>
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    <review id="20707056">
    <user id="1103192">
    <name><![CDATA[Raj]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Houston, TX]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 22 04:54:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 22 04:56:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of those books that was adapted for a motion-picture. The motion-picture was as good as the written word even though the author disagreed witht he change of location and the cinematic license taken for narrative purposes!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20707056]]></url>
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    <review id="21188169">
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    <name><![CDATA[Josh]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[well told story of a frustrating cheat (timeless) who bounces though life.  benefits from being non-judgemental while written in a clear, rich, sparkling prose.  beautifully colorful descrition of rural india in 1950s.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I was wary about this book but it turned out to be actually very interesting. Light humor drives the story and in the end, it really makes you think. Can one actually change their ways? You decide. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet again I'm in the minority because I didn't care about this that much.  Writing style is nice and the story is ok, maybe there's something up for a discussion too, but I didn't get inside everything.]]></body>
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