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    <body><![CDATA[Read the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=653">STOP SMILING interview</a> with author William H. Gass<br/><br/>Hey, Rube: WILLIAM H. GASS<br/>By Leopold Froehlich<br/><br/>(This interview originally appeared in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.stopsmilingstore.com/issue27odetothemidwest.aspx">STOP SMILING <em>Ode to the Midwest</em> Issue</a>)<br/><br/>William H. Gass’s 1966 masterpiece, Omensetter’s Luck, could be described a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60325816">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thanks so much to Olly and Hilary for introducing me to William H. Gass!  I am ashamed to say, I had never read him before.  This collection of novellas and short stories is haunting, lovlely, and spare.  Gass's writing engages the reader in such a unique, profound way.  He seems to have taken Hemin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48307985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best book I've read in a long, long time.  This collection of long short stories (apparently there is such a thing) range from the plot-driven (the sinister &quot;The Pedersen Kid&quot;) to the more experimental (&quot;In the Heart of the Heart of the Country&quot;), but never suffers a spat of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2801806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first story,&quot;The Pedersen Kid&quot;, really impressed me, and at 80 pages is 40% of the book. It reminded me of Cormac McCarthy or John Hawkes. The next three stories were great, amazingly written but didn't hit the same heights for me. Then I got to the title story, the final one in the bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25257573">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of those books I just picked up randomly in a used bookstore.  I started reading the first novella, &quot;The Pederson Kid&quot;, walked over to the cash register, looked up to pay for it, and then pretty much kept reading.  Amazing writing - esp. the dialogue.  I couldn't put it down.  For some...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5133157">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Mrs. Mean&quot; is one of the finest short stories I've ever read.  Reflections and extended quotations will be forthcoming.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A master of language, the title story and &quot;The Pedersen Kid&quot; are classics of experimental literature.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Five stars for the <s>title story</s> The Pederson Kid. The others, I can't remember the others.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everyone should read the book's opening novella &quot;The Pedersen Kid.&quot;  Fucking brilliant!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first story/novella, &quot;The Pederson Kid&quot;, is a masterpiece of metafiction.  Though one can read it as a lovely short story, an understanding of the mastery of Gass' art requires a careful reading of the story in conjunction with the reading of Gass' critical essays in, at least, The Wor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28981435">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[best in a long, long time]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, William Gass!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's pure treasure.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of those must-read-to-be-an-educated-writer books I finally got around to snagging from the library. But it didn't take. I think the timing was bad; I was bored &amp; looking for a good read, and this is one of those slow, meditative things I only occasionally have the patience for. Sorry, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11336184">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book contains five short stories and one longer, informative introduction on writing craft written by Gass. The narrative voice, precise details (his descriptions about cold weather are fascinating and beautiful), and lyrical language in Gass's stories are strong. His dialog is typically very s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15235522">more...</a>]]></body>
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