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    <body><![CDATA[This writer has always been one of my favorites, somehow he has a really distinctive voice but at the same time writes in a way that makes the reader forget he's reading words and there is only the story left to enjoy.  You can tell he's known a lot of people and probably heard all these stories in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60390149">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[what i learned from this book is that short stories invariably have a good ending which is not often the case in novels . i guess this is because the writer thinks of the ending first and then writes the story to fit the conclusion .<br/>Anyway &quot; The Master &quot; entertained me in 90% of thes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31988178">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book on June 4, 1967 (freshman, College of Education, BKK) and read 18 short stories from 30. I remember reading each story with difficulty due to my limited vocabularies, grammar and dialogue context. However, I kept reading on and on and had my pride in reading with my enjoyment and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74594066">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fine storytelling, deft satire, and blunter attacks on colonialism and the rich in the 20s. Long, slow starts, which I tend to like. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Man this guy's good.  Some say he's too sardonic and his endings too bleak, but that makes his (admittedly few) tales of redemption and honesty all the more powerful.  I still think he writes the way I'd like to (or how my own internal monologue runs, if that's not too disturbing a thought).  Stephe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66139468">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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