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  <title><![CDATA[Amigos Y Amantes]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Iris Murdoch]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1977</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just don't know what it is with Iris Murdoch novels. I simply can't tell them apart. And I can't explain why. She's smart. She writes well. I like her, and I've read most of her books. I've got a good memory, and I can usually do this kind of thing. For example, I generally find it quite easy to s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47312959">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall I really enjoyed this one - but I had a strange relationship with this novel, but that had more to do with my mood than the novel itself. There is plenty that is typically Murdoch in this one, peculiar relationships, the sea, goodness and enchantment being just some examples. I really enjoye...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44293537">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 19 14:24:24 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 05 11:42:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm an Iris Murdoch sycophant so there's almost no reason to write a review.  The Nice and The Good stands with her best, another novel about the British middle classes in the 70s, this with some political intrigue, mysterious cults, and many affairs.  But, like many of her books, it's about lonelin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9321324">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jun 07 21:10:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, but slow.  I had to extend it at the library.  Not my favorite, but well written.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[all-time favorite murdoch book. a killer finale...]]></body>
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    <review id="70786741">
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    <body><![CDATA[The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch (1978)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Het aardige en het goede&quot; nederl. vert. gelezen.]]></body>
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    <review id="28770491">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this book on the very high recommendation of a friend. and i'm glad i did. the book makes you think about how difficult it is for anyone to be truly good (and not just nice), and also about how important it is for some people to think of themselves as nice/good. i'm making it sound boring, wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28770491">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just reread this for about the third time... Murdoch creates such tantalizing plot twists that I don't mind skimming over the Deep Philosophical Musings that her characters indulge in. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great novel.  It pretty much explains why most of us are neither because being good is really hard.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love her. philosophical meditation on art and obsession.  can throw down a plot with the best of them.]]></body>
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