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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;English novelist Wilfred Barclay, who has known fame, success, and fortune, is in crisis. He faces a drinking problem slipping over the borderline into alcoholism, a dead marriage, and the incurable itch of middle age lust. But the final, unbearable irritation is American Professor of English Literature Rick L. Tucker, who is implacable in his determinition to become The Barclay Man: authorized biographer, editor of the posthumous papers and the recognized authority.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Golding]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautifully crafted, with striking descriptions of alcoholism, paranoia, writing, and the farce that is life in general. I'm hunting down more Golding immediately. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[GREAT satire on pompous intellectuals. Anyone who was an English major in college should read this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Writing review of books I hate is so much fun, I might have to do more of it (see my review of The Alchemist).  I only made it through half of this book, and that was giving it more of a chance than it deserved.  This guy is really a Nobel Laureate in literature?  Really?  This is one of his later w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37389441">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was surprised by how much I disliked this book, though Golding is one of my favorites. Granted, I've only read his earlier work till now...<br/><br/>The characters were strong, and understandably so – as the narrator is the writer. Golding always develops people definitively through their pros...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16562279">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was unworthy of Golding. His portrayal of the Americans was cliched caricature. He clearly was not familiar enough with American culture and manners to portray them accurately, and seems to have been motivated by anger and a desire for revenge. John Fowles mentions in an essay on Golding m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35783767">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55938998">
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    <body><![CDATA[Sharp, hard and deeply mean-spirited.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Charity shop find</em>.<br/><br/>Another book club edition.  This is the closest.  If it weren't so hot I might bother adding it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very talky. Interesting enough, but not very emotionally engaging, and ultimately disappointing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting insight into the life of a writer. Too bad a bunch of self loathing came along for the ride.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this one too]]></body>
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