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    <body><![CDATA[I'm still on my kick of reading books from or about Ireland and England after my vacation there last summer. This is a collection of short stories by an Irish author. It was fun to read about places I had visited like St. Stephen's Green and Grafton Street. I found some of the stories delightful abo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46226059">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Short stories that consistently capture the awkwardness of sex and relationships. Often wanted the stories to continue and be further developed into something more. I've read Enright's novel, The Gathering, which I enjoyed much more perhaps because it was fleshed out more fully.]]></body>
    
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