false 2471989 1 <div>There&#8217;s a disturbing secret in the basement of a strip mall yogurt parlor. Jonathan, the mostly clueless clerk who works there, just wants to fix things once and for all, but beginning with an encounter at an animal shelter that leaves three dead, things don&#8217;t work out quite the way Jonathan intends . . . or do they? Beneath its picaresque surface, <i>Girl Factory</i> raises unsettling questions about storytelling, the nature of freedom, and the ubiquitous objectification of women.</div> 2479186 28 4 2008 Girl Factory total:96|5:17|4:31|3:27|2:18|1:3| 96 329 189 39 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 3 2 false Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 12:09:59 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 09:06:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 5 2 false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 21:37:18 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 15:47:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 3 1 false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 14:33:06 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 14:25:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 5 1 false Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 12:24:28 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 12:39:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 3 1 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 14:24:05 -0700 2008 Sat May 09 06:47:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 2 1 false Sat Aug 23 17:22:17 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 17:22:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 4 1 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 13:56:44 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 12:05:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 4 1 false Sat May 31 13:11:40 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 13:23:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 2 0 true Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:52:59 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 13:15:22 -0800 2009
The problem definitely wasn't the premise - narrator lives in the sort of joyless, work-driven and solitary America that we've all been swallowing as pre-requisite in every third work of American fiction since Fight Club and The Corrections, and that continues here. Everyone i...more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 3 0 false Mon Jan 26 12:21:06 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 12:41:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 2 0 false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 19:58:44 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 07:53:08 -0800 2008
Our main character, Jonathan, is an underachieving, though well meaning, type of guy who lacks direction and the drive to get him anywhere in...more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 0 1 false Sat Aug 09 15:31:04 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 09:45:24 -0700 2008
Michel Gondry would be smart to get Krusoe's number. Someone should send it to him. ]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 4 1 false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 13:22:34 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 13:26:33 -0700 2008 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 4 1 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 09:26:12 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 13:27:45 -0700 2008 The Quarterly Conversation here: http://www.quarterlyconversation.com/TQC...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 0 1 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 22:18:15 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 22:26:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 2 1 false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 13:36:16 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 10:30:38 -0700 2008 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 4 0 false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 18:59:10 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 19:00:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 13:32:28 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 13:37:22 -0800 2009 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 0 0 false Mon Mar 23 07:05:26 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 06:56:21 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 07:05:26 -0700 2009 2471989 0979419824 9780979419829 96 39 3.43 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471989.Girl_Factory 1 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 15 16:29:24 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 05:11:36 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2471989