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    <body><![CDATA[In small doses, this can be fun stuff if you like the idea of playing with an idea taken to some extreme. But Self is clever. Or, at least, thinks he is clever and takes great pains to let you know it. I don't know if I'd like to spend any time at all with the author in a social situation. Reading t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22421989">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really love Will Self, but I often find his stuff a little too cerebral.  Interesting, but emotionless.  Not this- this one freaked me the fuck out.  Fantastic.  Brilliant.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[it has been a decade since I read this- I was a precocious teenager and my first literary love affor with likes of psychogeography]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one hell of great book.  Dissects the English adroitly.  Also reminded me why I love the short story format so much.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just love this guy.  Short versions of his novels.]]></body>
    
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