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  <title><![CDATA[The Coming Storm]]></title>
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  <default_description>Set against the backdrop of a traditional boys' school in upstate New York, The Coming Storm is a delicately and brilliantly rendered tale that reveals the most closely held secrets of the human heart. Russell's award-winning novel is the story of four interlocking lives - Louis Tremper, the headmaster at the Forge School; his wife Claire; Tracey Parker, a 25-year old gay man and recently hired teacher at the Forge School; and Noah Lathrop III, a troubled student; all of whom struggle with their own inner demons, desires, and conflicted loyalties. When Tracey and Noah become involved in an illicit relationship, dark incidents from the school's past begin colliding with the current growing confusion that all of them must face. Compelling and poignant, this is the finest work yet from one of best contemporary American novelists.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1999</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Coming Storm</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Paul Russell]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 18 11:39:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 09 15:41:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought I would like this novel because I tend to enjoy stories set in boarding schools.  The main character in this one, in particular, I thought I'd connect with because he's an English teacher.<br/><br/>However...whoa.  I didn't expect I'd have such a problem with the relationship between the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63995467">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 20 13:02:15 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 24 06:16:39 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As posted in [http://www.amazon.com]:<br/><br/>In *The Coming Storm*, there are 3 things going on:<br/>1. The Forge School headmaster, Louis and his wife, Claire, who teaches feminist literature at a college. They're friends with Reid and Libby. Reid travels around the world and has affairs. Reid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/812711">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49509773">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 16 18:54:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 16 19:06:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tale of prep-school seduction, in which a young male  instructor is led into an affair with a 15-year-old boy student. But there are other sub-plots simmering here, too -- including the sexually repressed headmaster watching the affair develop and feeling a mixture of disgust and envy, and the hea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49509773">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22024584">
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  <date_added>Sun May 11 11:28:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 05 09:04:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[people keep giving me gay-guy-after-young-boy books to read.  i'm not sure what that says about me...<br/><br/>i liked this book a lot, mostly for the complete world immersion.  it's long, but such are books that sink tentacles into characters' massively complex inner workings.  and even with 600 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22024584">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1258638">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed May 16 16:08:45 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 16 16:10:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a dark and strangely off putting book. The characters are dark and twisty and very unlikable at points but the story haunts you well after the book is put back on the self. Its a book that is worth talking about. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1258638]]></url>
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    <review id="38188955">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jan 02 19:06:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very dark story.  I was hoping for a bit more here, but much of it was predictable and just left me wanting. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38188955]]></url>
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    <review id="1940847">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jun 13 18:51:31 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Found this book by the side of the road on Melnea Cass Blvd. in Roxbury. Cathy says, &quot; So many ephebes...so little time.&quot;]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1940847]]></url>
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    <review id="10878602">
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 22 13:10:26 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 07 19:46:37 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Paul Russell said that he originally wanted to title this &quot;The Pedarast.&quot; 'Nuf said. ]]></body>
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    <review id="27546129">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 17 13:08:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 17 13:09:16 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Found this while browsing in the library and really enjoyed it.]]></body>
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    <review id="9301345">
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 19 06:23:26 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 19 06:23:37 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had trouble putting this book down once I began reading it. ]]></body>
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    <review id="7237718">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[pedophile gets away with sexual abuse? excuse me!?]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 20 16:18:19 -0800 2009</date_added>
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