false <![CDATA[Seven Types of Ambiguity]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172251561m/153612.jpg 153612 10 After years of unrequited love, a lonely man commits a desperate act that affects the lives of everyone it touches, triggering a chain of events no one could have anticipated. 1388344 2003 Seven Types of Ambiguity total:946|5:299|4:343|3:225|2:57|1:22| 946 3678 1480 192 5 5 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Mar 20 11:12:32 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 20 11:18:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 17:23:43 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 22:20:32 -0700 2007 A book that acts like a fine wine is hard to find: this one is such a book. It keeps getting better after it is finished being read; a very well-written work, it is magnanimous, comprehensive, lyrical, and prosaically refined, with a sharp eye on bringing out the depths of the ...more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Jun 30 08:10:21 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 08:16:50 -0700 2007
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Interesting. Not bad. Totally engaging. I have hope.

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I love long boo...more...]]> 0 2 false false Wed Dec 19 07:57:50 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 15 13:41:21 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 15 13:45:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Aug 30 09:42:16 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 10:48:40 -0700 2007 Seven Types of Ambiguity is, without question, one of the best novels I have ever read. With that said, I am having a difficult time coming up with a way to describe what it's about without giving too much away. At its center, there's a kidnapping, but to say that this novel is about kidnapping is a...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 06:28:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 18:29:11 -0700 2008
I have to say that for the most part I liked the differing viewpoints and think they served their purpose to illuminate the characters as you saw the same si...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 13:29:30 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 09:05:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Oct 24 11:03:16 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 11:08:39 -0700 2007
I was very pleasantly suprised to find that I was immediately hooked afte...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Nov 27 09:38:02 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 31 09:44:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 19:16:15 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 19:27:55 -0800 2008 Smart without being pretentious, gripping, well written, set in one of my favourite places and the characterisation is superb, and that's understating it.
Difficult to believe it's his first novel, or even h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Mar 27 21:09:14 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 21:13:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 24 07:58:59 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 08:14:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 04 10:37:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 11:09:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 12 00:40:28 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 00:13:48 -0700 2009 I think what carries this boo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:19:48 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:26:57 -0700 2009 1
Even though I had to look up certain words in the dictionary a lot of times, I hope I understood everything that the author wanted to say to his readers.

Elliot Perlman's technique in writing the seven different po...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 13:48:03 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 13:54:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:26:09 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:26:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:28:46 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:28:46 -0800 2009 Seven Types, a bestseller in Perlman's native Australia, centers on the consequences of unrequited love. Simon's psychiatrist's monologue sets the stage for following narrators, who simultaneously move the story forward, confuse our understanding of events, and bare their souls. The ambitious novel ...

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