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  <title><![CDATA[What's Bred in the Bone]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1985</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robertson Davies]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Had this one on my shelves for so long I thought I'd already read it. But, nope. It's the story of a half-provincial half-royal kid from Canada who is raised by a Catholic aunt and learns to draw in the local funeral home, then turns to Renaissance painting in the face of his family's craziness duri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16890986">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Yuichiro]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 06 11:49:17 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 08 09:05:20 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bred in the Bone is the only book I have read by Robertson Davies, but it is not for the of lack of talent on the author's part.  Davies has clear control of the plot, characters, and the English language and forms a story that is creative and believable, though not something we can relate to. (at l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5784188">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 17 13:30:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 05 09:34:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to say, the thought of Canadian governmental machinations, British secret service, and Italian art restoration did not excite me at all. And, though a slow starting book, I found myself wanting to read more and more of this one...The story ended up being fascinating, character development was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20401949">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34138439">
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  <date_added>Mon Sep 29 12:50:50 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books-- you must read the entire Cornish series. Hard to describe but the characters are like old friends that you can't get enough of and Davies' writing about art and religion are just enough to make you feel like you are learning more about the world. ]]></body>
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    <review id="49819523">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nina]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Apr 12 09:14:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first impression of this book was, &quot;Ugh&quot;! ...&quot;Another Fusty Book with Victorian Overtones&quot;....then, as I pursued with reading I became engrossed in the tales surrounding the elite Francis Cornish...Who can resist reading the lessons given by Zaddok, on <br/>&quot;The Art of F...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49819523">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10203158">
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[voici mon livre favorite de Robertson Davies: un livre vraiment &quot;devorable&quot;! I read this book non-stop and have bought it to have it available to those who love historical fiction. Davies was a Canadian genius!<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="67473318">
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    <name><![CDATA[Murray]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Athens, 35, Greece]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Aug 15 04:20:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw this book reviewed in the year of its publication and asked the local library (what wonderful things those are/used to be in the UK) to get it.  The librarian bought it within the week and I read it immediately.  <br/><br/>It is simply a stunning book with the conceit that the hero's Daemon ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67473318">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67473318]]></url>
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    <review id="35538128">
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    <body><![CDATA[Very strange and wonderful.  If you're interested at all in the world or art, hermeticism, history and philosophy, this is for you.  One of my favorite writers :)]]></body>
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    <review id="20544570">
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    <body><![CDATA[Gary gave this to me for Christmas 1990, but I didn't read it until later.  I think my English teacher, Jim Armstrong, mentioned this author as one I would like, too, but I didn't read it then, either; that would have been at FC when I returned to college as a &quot;grown-up.&quot;<br/><br/>Having...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20544570">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11707837">
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    <name><![CDATA[Brina]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, the best of the Cornish Trilogy. It doesn't plod along, it does a good job of integrating characters from earlier on, and it's told in a very unusual manner. It is, in fact, brilliant. <br/><br/>As a little bonus treat, we even get to meet up once more with an old friend from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74403.The_Deptford_Trilogy" title="The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies">the Deptford Trilogy</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11707837">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49792771">
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 19 13:15:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 13:17:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Davies is a much neglected writer, and this is among his best.  What is it with these Canadians, writing so much better fiction than those of us south of the border?  Atwood, Davies, Kay... geez.  They mananage to be entertaining as well as relevant and deep, and Davies in particular is a master of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49792771">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11772334">
    <user id="659672">
    <name><![CDATA[Gabriel]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 06 06:02:27 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 08 09:36:08 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this fictional biography. The book tell the life of Francis Cornish a Canadian artist, art restorer, critic, collector, and spy. Though the book tells the story of an incredibly interesting life, it never romanticizes or becomes an action story. To me it seemed quite realistic, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11772334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38296582">
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    <name><![CDATA[Cynthia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Calgary, Alberta, Canada]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 21 06:04:24 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 21 06:05:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is very good fiction.  I believe it is part of a trilogy but I read it as a stand-alone.  A theme of what is real vs. what is not, what is art vs. what is not.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38296582]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="45392636">
    <user id="1828267">
    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Toronto, Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 1986</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 04 15:30:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 04 15:36:09 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A truly inspired story by a Canadian Master. I especially like the elements of the Toronto art scene, something I was reading from afar and fascinated by. ]]></body>
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    <review id="51158218">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Giraudel, Dominica]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Aside from the supernatural elements, which were lame, this book was very captivating. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51158218]]></url>
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    <review id="34781456">
    <user id="1601198">
    <name><![CDATA[Maggi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Berkeley, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Getting through it. I like this dude, but can't remember if I liked him from another time in my life. Maybe it's just because I am reading this after No Country for Old Men.<br/><br/>Now I've finished it. An enjoyable read - kind of dated (I got it from my parents' bookshelf for crissake) - but fu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34781456">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59365704">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ehbluemle]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson  Davies (1986)]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59365704]]></url>
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    <review id="56132786">
    <user id="2225849">
    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Eugene, OR]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Novel<br/><br/>Deftly written, engrossing.  Art themes.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think that this book should be more of a 3.5, but unfortunatly I can't do that on this system. The beginning was a bit short, as was the ending and Robertson Davies strikes me as the guy who likes to hear himself talk. I know you don't actually here Robertson Davies talk, but trust me, this guy li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48068365">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Primarily concerned with the life of fictional artist Francis Cornish, this is one of my favorite Davies novels.  It is hard to describe how the brilliance of the author's word choices breathes life into his characters.  This is an old fashioned novel: not an action-packed plot, but rather a leisure...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34077353">more...</a>]]></body>
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