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    <body><![CDATA[Although I couldn't get the movie actors out of my mind while reading the book; George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, I really enjoyed this novel set in 1945 Berlin. Evokes much thought about who were really the bad people in Germany during the war. Plot was a little twisted and confusing, but the love st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5214751">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If Tom Clancy and Casablanca had a love child, it'd be this book, and it's a great read. More action and faced-paced suspense than Casablanca, more emotional depth than Clancy. But at the same time, it has both their drawbacks as well -- too many characters with interchangeable Russian and German na...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16576281">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I though this was a great mystery, but above that, it really puts the reader in the historical context of what it was like in Germany after the war. It also deals with some of the moral complexities with which both the German and Allied sides were confronted.  I found all that really interesting.  I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3011567">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading &quot;A Small Death in Lisbon&quot; I had a compulsion to read more post WWII fiction...<br/><br/><br/>And after reading this book, I was a bit disappointed.  The writing was good and the storyline was engaging - but I was quite bothered by the protagonist and his ability to be in t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48788303">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this book for a Film Adaptation class at school; with that said, I really enjoyed it.  Yes, it was a little plot heavy sometimes, and I felt like I was meeting a new character every other page, but Kanon really does a great job dropping you right into the past.  He also examines some t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51959538">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a good look at the complexities of WWII German society. I found it a bit heavy on the violence for me and not as intriguing as Le Carre' tends to be, but still not bad.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The movie doesn't do this brilliant novel justice.  I can relate on many levels to the text, but it really has everything to offer~ romance, mystery, history and even some comedy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books that may not change the world, but it is really gripping and fun. Holla.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Joseph Kanon, The Good German (Henry Holt, 2001)<br/><br/>Josepah Kanon's third novel is a grimly humorous little tale of postwar intrigue. It focuses on Jake Geismar, a wartime correspondent sent back to Berlin to do a series of articles for Collier's. He also has a hidden agenda: find his wartime ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13424097">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I gave this 3 instead of 4 stars because I hadn't realized it was going to be quite so mystery-structured, and, as I'm not really a fan of the mystery genre, that lessened my enjoyement a bit.<br/><br/>That aside, I liked it. I liked the portrayal of lawless, chaotic, post-VE Day Germany, the comp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9431745">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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