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  <title><![CDATA[The Fan Man.]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1974</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Kotzwinkle]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Crispin]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 25 04:59:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 25 05:03:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the edition we had around the house, the one I fell in love with because it had filthy illustrations to accompany the prose. The most recent edition excises the sketches, replacing all with a cover that says nothing about the book, featuring a person with some existential conflict happening...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31120242">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31120242]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="6492420">
    <user id="396882">
    <name><![CDATA[Askar]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sweden]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[hippies]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 20 08:53:08 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 20 10:34:40 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book was a real surprise. I was ready put it down after reading the first pages thinking that it was one of the stupidest things I had ever read. But as I continued on - starting to enjoy Horse Badorties inner monolog with every sentence ending with 'man', I soon realized that this was a master...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6492420">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6492420]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="694417">
    <user id="29678">
    <name><![CDATA[Ian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 12 14:02:07 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 12 14:02:58 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky dorky...]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="4594280">
    <user id="271568">
    <name><![CDATA[Jenny Schmenny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 15 11:27:59 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 15 11:30:08 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is gross.  Sexist.  Fucked up.<br/><br/>I also loved it.  It's absurd, sublimely stupid, strangely buoyant.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4594280]]></url>
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    <review id="1771789">
    <user id="80674">
    <name><![CDATA[Kyle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Boston, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 07 21:41:36 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 05 19:38:58 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book was really good, man. The main character, Horse Badorties, is a drugged out hippie with ADD, constantly smoking the 'healthful herb'. Follow him through the Village, the Lower East Side, The Bowery, Chinatown and Van Cortland Park in the Bronx, as he flows in constant synchronicity with th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1771789">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1771789]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="15292808">
    <user id="903120">
    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 12 19:15:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 12 19:39:28 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[From the author of E.T. this is the most wonderful, weird book I have ever read. I never tire of it. If you have one of the 15 copies I have lent to people over the years please send it back.<br/>It is described as the quintessential novel about the dusking of the age of Aquarius. Horse Bedorties i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15292808">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15292808]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="48372016">
    <user id="2093319">
    <name><![CDATA[Gerry]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Grand Rapids, MI]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 05 18:22:19 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 05 18:34:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[     I was amazed at how much I rooted for H.P., to get it together and have a victory in his tilted life, so close.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48372016]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="21918685">
    <user id="614156">
    <name><![CDATA[Caro]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 09 07:07:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 09 07:30:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining to read, akin to the style of Edward Abbey or other 60's pop/outsider writing. The main character is oddly sympathetic even though he seems to be a sociopath, maybe. His ultimate motives are creative, if handicapped by serious psychological problems compounded by drugs.  Interesting por...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21918685">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21918685]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3678025">
    <user id="220780">
    <name><![CDATA[Peggy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Buffalo, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/220780-peggy-milliron]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 27 17:34:00 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 27 17:40:19 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[If you have a well tuned sense of the absurd, you will love this book.  I have read it two or three times, and the hapless, but completely sincere main character still makes me laugh out loud.  William Kotzwinkle wrote the original novel on which the movie &quot;E.T.&quot; was based, but this one is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3678025">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3678025]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="22993838">
    <user id="1180394">
    <name><![CDATA[Maureen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Athens, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 26 13:50:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 27 16:54:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an account the Crumbling Autumn that followed the Summer of Love.  Told from the perspective of a smarmy , East Village  loser Horse Badarties , largely in a stream of consciousness format, Kotzwinkle succeeds in sending the hippies off into the sunset.   Is it funny?  Hell, yeah.  It makes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22993838">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22993838]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7053447">
    <user id="437252">
    <name><![CDATA[Jason]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[most]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[the Wise man]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 30 18:07:00 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 05 12:28:35 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The great thing about Kotzwinkle is that he tries a bunch of different stuff, making each novel completely different than the next in style and subject matter. Overall, this is a brilliant piece that makes you want to live your life more...spontaneously?  It's hard to put down for more than a few mi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7053447">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7053447]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8018702">
    <user id="430647">
    <name><![CDATA[Bruce]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ocala, FL]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone with a sense of humor]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 21 08:47:54 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 21 08:51:38 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[One of the funniest books I've ever read.  If you don't laugh outloud, your brain is on novocaine, and you may be in worse shape than the stumbling bumbling anti-hero of this outrageous and brilliant farce.  One thing for sure, if you read this book, you will never forget Horse Badorties.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8018702]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="30224229">
    <user id="1428891">
    <name><![CDATA[S]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Germany]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people looking for a fun read]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 15 09:22:08 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 15 09:26:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It may take you a while to adapt to Kotzwinkle's writing style, which is all over the place, as chaotic as his main character. However, this book is most definitely worth a read, and although it is relatively short the plot never ceases to amaze.<br/>Horse Badorties rocks.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30224229]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9112654">
    <user id="615872">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/615872-michael]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 14 12:07:19 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 14 12:41:04 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kontzwinkle crafts a hilarious, original character voice, and with it constructs a sustainable narrative.  There's more to the Fan Man than Horse Badorties--perpetually stoned maestro of fifteen-year old chicks--lets on.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9112654]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="41533808">
    <user id="1852509">
    <name><![CDATA[Ken]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Castle Rock, CO]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 01 16:39:57 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 01 16:40:41 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is without a doubt, one of my favorite books of all time.  A crazy, wickedly funny read.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41533808]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11652503">
    <user id="742380">
    <name><![CDATA[Justin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kent, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 04 13:37:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 04 18:08:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A stoner in New York is trying to develop his love chorus of 12 year old girls. Awesome.!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11652503]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="6049859">
    <user id="190061">
    <name><![CDATA[Lily]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Roseburg, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 11 11:36:53 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 11 11:37:26 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is one of the books that i pass around to people.  awesome hilarious awesomeness<br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6049859]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5571363">
    <user id="296947">
    <name><![CDATA[Annalee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Paul, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Sep 03 06:49:25 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 03 06:50:14 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[hands down the most ridiculous book i have ever read. and yes i mean that in a good way. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5571363]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="14272400">
    <user id="854677">
    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dripping Springs, TX]]></location>        
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