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    <body><![CDATA[Execellent execution of an interesting premise. It was clever and fast paced. I enjoyed it start to finish. Great book. Especially in the context of A Million Little Pieces, et al.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is fast-paced and clever.  One of those good reads you don’t want to put down.   It’s got all the attributes of a Coen Bros. screenplay (dry humor, shocking visuals, irony)...maybe we’ll see it on the big screen someday?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wholly believable, engaging and above all, funny story. Really well written, which not always true of a plot-centric book like this. The characters behave like human beings not chess pieces. <br/><br/>I think what I loved most was that I really could completely identify with Cal. He is not a wic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44626091">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[John Colapinto's &quot;About the Author&quot; is a well-paced, well-written, farcical tale. Its highly improbable plot and exaggerated characters are lots of fun, but I think it is a stretch to call this dark or clever. The author does a great job poking fun at the literati and his nods to pop cultu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47442198">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spent a perfectly sunny day smiling my way thru this book!  Shaking my head time after time figuring out the next plot twist - and its twtisted - made this book more than amusing.  Book in a book - it's a good read. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, different from what I normally read.  At times it felt like the writing was rushed--like he was trying to hurry up with parts of the story.  The ending was very good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this for PMS book club.  I can't say I loved the book but I read it like a train wreck I couldn't keep my eyes off of.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very interesting book. It was quite different from a lot of books, but I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves a good thriller.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny, clever, suspenseful, satirical, this would make a good movie! (in joke!)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Flimsy but fun]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a pretty intriguing story about a lazy hack who steals the manuscript written by his now-deceased roommate, then publishes it as his own. Our faux author soon finds there are other people who could expose his dirty little secret. Some of the plot twists were a stretch, but this was quite th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11674687">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this because I had so enjoyed As Nature Made Him by Colapinto. It is fine, but it is fiction and Colapinto's strength was in re-telling the true story of As Nature Made Him.  This is a quick easy read likened to a dime-store mystery.  I liked it, but no great shakes.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A well-written novel that imagines what might happen if someone published his dead roommate's novel under his own name. A quick read that manages a few good jabs at the publishing industry. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The narrator stole his roomate's manuscript and had it published as his own work.  The story describes his attempts at keeping his secret.  I enjoyed it--an entertaining read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this book at all.  Murder mysteries aren't really my cup of tea and I had a hard time getting into the story.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hated the protagonist with a passion and wished for his demise, though I usually like a good antihero. Good mindless poolside reading, though. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great satire about writing &amp; publishing. The main character is so slimy he is almost sympathetic. the beginning is stronger than the end though. ]]></body>
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