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    <body><![CDATA[I was looking for a quick read to cleanse my palette from the non-fiction, career-building reading binge, and I suppose I found it in <u>The Blonde</u>, Duane Swierczynski's Philadelphia-based paranoia thriller.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, the central premise of Proximity, interesting idea that it is, failed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54036588">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The NEW Year of Mystery&quot; continues!... After being blown away by Swierczynski's prior effort &quot;The Wheelman&quot;, I had very high hopes for &quot;The Blonde&quot;... It certainly wasn't bad, and had many of the same elements that made &quot;The Wheelman&quot; so much fun - fast pace,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72119871">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Warning: Do Not Open This Book...<br/>	<br/>...unless you've no plans for the rest of the day.<br/><br/>Trust me - this is about as good as modern pulp crime fiction gets - a frantic, dark, and cynical half day romp through a Philadelphia night that combines the lean, no nonsense tough guy style...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31204180">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Blonde, an apparent attempt to transcend the tropes of the hard-boiled crime novel by indulging in the clichés of the genre is at the same time so bold it borders on satire and too timid to be satirical.<br/><br/>The femme fatale's motivations were only somewhat non-standard because of the ex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18737863">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the second by a young up &amp; coming (formerly)crime novelist. Like a great many second novels this one falls into the &quot;sophmore slump&quot; trap. The Blonde has a couple of very compelling characters which keep it from being a total pile of crap- but mostly it suffers from one the du...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7840602">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;High-octane&quot; would be a good word to describe this book.  Very fast-paced from the very start.  The ending wasn't necessarily disappointing, but it certainly didn't end the way I would have written it.  Then again, he's the paid professional and I'm not!  A very fun read -- I'm now readin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55271636">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not bad. A fast, pulpy, violent and entertaining read that could actually stand a bit more editing, what exactly was the point of the whole sex club scene aside from putting the protagonist in an embarrassing position? And that protagonist is hardly the most interesting character. Still enjoyable th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81688785">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book half-heartedly tried to engage my suspension of disbelief, making the plot seem pretty cliched and cheesy.  My edition included a follow up short story and that was even worse...]]></body>
    
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