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  <title><![CDATA[A Ticket to the Boneyard (Matt Scudder Mystery)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt;Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the ingenious psychopath is free. And the alcoholic ex-cop-turned-p.i. must pay dearly for his sins. Friends and former lovers -- even strangers unfortunate enough to share Scudder's name -- are turning up dead. Because a vengeful maniac is determined not to rest until he's driven his nemesis back to the bottle...and then to the boneyard.&lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1990</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sadly, not anywhere near as good as <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66681987">the previous book.</a>  Scudder is up against a Murderous Misogynist Psychopath, a mystery genre villain type I truly hate, altho at least this one doesn't listen to Bach's <em>Goldberg Variations</em> or have maroon/opal/black eyes or carve marionettes for war orphans or any ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66731063">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A TICKET TO THE BONEYARD (Unl. Invt-Matt Scudder-NYC-Cont) - VG<br/>Block, Lawrence - 8th in series<br/><br/>From Fantastic Fiction:  The streets of New York are never safe, but the release of James Leo Motley, a psychopath who went down swearing revenge on Matt Scudder on all who knew him, means...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48341614">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 16 22:27:20 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 19 10:32:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An outdated, violent, smutty-talking stalker thriller. I have read Lawrence Block books before and never did take to the violence. I kind of like our AA attending, coffee drinking Private Detective Scudder but there really isn't much entertainment value here. Detective Scudder spends some time telli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78045066">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 20 04:42:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 23 02:35:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Robust though not my favorite entry in the hardboiled Matt Scudder series. We watch the tenacious Matt's day-to-day grind to stay off the devil's rum in NYC. Violence only erupts at key points in the plot. Wonderful voice and setting. Worth re-reading, if time permits it.   ]]></body>
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    <review id="41315831">
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  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 16:46:36 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book that brings up a wide variety of characters rarely seen from Scudder's past.]]></body>
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    <review id="48493553">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[a cute book about an alcoholic ex-cop and his prostitute lady friend, who are stalked.]]></body>
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    <review id="72618401">
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    <body><![CDATA[AKA: Sheldon Lord, Jill Emerson, Paul Kavanaugh, Chip Harrison, Lawrence Block<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="41316389">
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    <body><![CDATA[Classic Scudder mystery centered on revenge.]]></body>
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    <review id="11411243">
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    <body><![CDATA[Having made it to page 283 and despite a terrible cold that is keeping me bedridden and in search of mindless entertainment, I still cannot recommend this book.  We know who the bad guy is -- the entire &quot;suspense&quot; of the book is people who should know better putting themselves in the way o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11411243">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first Scudder mystery that I've read where Matt is the intended victim.  I enjoyed the book, and was glad to know in advance that my favorite characters survived.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I never really got into the Matt Scudder mysteries...they're okay, but I prefer some of his other series.]]></body>
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