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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know much about Jean-Claude Izzo, but I think he must have been a very compassionate man. You can see it in his treatment of Algerians in the Marseilles trilogy, but it is very apparent in <em>A Sun for the Dying</em>. This is a novel about Rico, a homeless man. We first meet Rico as he is watching a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34429254">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[izzo is famoso for his marseilles trilogy of noirish stories of a good cop with a bad history which are just fantastic books that i can't recommend highly enough.<br/>this novel is a one off about a homeless guy who has hit pretty much ultimate zero,  but not quite either.  he can teach you about l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41083496">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Izzo lays it all out there...this is humanity at its finest in its ugliest form: neglect, abuse and impoverishment.  It could happen to the best of us, fortunately most don't have to endure such heartache.  Fantastic read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A perky charmer of a book, about the last days of dying, hopelessly alone, emotionally crushed homeless men, the shattered lives they've left behind, and the helplessly doomed people they meet on the road to self-immolation. <br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[kind of dark and hopeless, but i didnt come away with as much despair as i thought i may.  this book reminded me of the kind of foreign films i always want to see, end up being beautiful, and leave me depressed.]]></body>
    
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