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    <body><![CDATA[It was really hard to get into this book because I found the writing to be very uninteresting (which could partly be the translation).  But the more I read, the more intrigued I became by the psychology of it.  It picked up speed very gradually until suddenly I realized I was completely absorbed by ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6569277">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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