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  <title><![CDATA[The Snapper]]></title>
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  <default-description>Meet the Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family is forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. But the question remains: which friend of the family is the father of Sharon's child?</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1992</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Snapper</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roddy Doyle]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 20 20:36:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 20 20:41:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like Juno, but without the annoying hipster music and with lots of drunk Irish people yelling at each other.<br/><br/>This was a fun read.  You know I embarrassed myself a few times by laughing out loud on the subway.  This story chronicles a young, single, Irish girl from a blue-collar Dublin famil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64310846">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68850877">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 25 12:35:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 11 23:08:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Picked this one up at Epilogue Books in their final days of business.  I'd seen the movie years before and had enjoyed it, so I figured what the hell. It's the story of a working class Irish family, and what happens to them after their eldest daughter, 20-year-old Sharon, becomes pregnant and refuse...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68850877">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42076707">
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 06 06:10:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 06:21:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book so much I would read it out loud to myself just to give myself a 2nd laugh. Lots of the F word on EVERY page and it just added to the flow. I loved interpreting the little bit of Irish dialect which was included (which wasn't hard-actually fun) and reading this book was like readin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42076707">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58529939">
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    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 05 07:47:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 08 21:10:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The eldest daughter in a large, blue collar Dublin family is pregnant and will not tell who the father is. As the truth is revealed, the pregnancy becomes a neighborhood scandal that draws in the rest of her family. A whole, often hilarious world is created with just vivid dialogue, especially when ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58529939">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48530816">
    <user id="548358">
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    <location><![CDATA[Saint Louis, MO]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 07 13:53:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 20 12:13:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Fun book.  Almost all dialogue, very colloquial, brings the thick Irish accent right into your mind...   This is a short book, but a LOT is covered!!  Apparently if you eliminate description, you can cover a lot of ground.  Story revolves around Sharon, a young woman who gets pregnant by a friend's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48530816">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70354887">
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    <name><![CDATA[Roni]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Camarillo, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 07 09:10:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 07 09:10:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story was colorful and warm.  It was a nice break from the heavier stuff I usually read.  At the same time, it dealt with those bigger questions of life that come up when a family is bringing a new life into the world, especially one that is unplanned.  Doyle put the issues out there and I coul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70354887">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39713752">
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    <name><![CDATA[Alice]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[University Park, PA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 09 13:50:47 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 09 13:52:34 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a wonderful book. Roddy Doyle has a conversational way of writing, so much that it's hard to step back and say you don't actually know the people he's writing about. This story is about a 20 year old girl who got knocked up by someone in her village, and her relationship with her father as the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39713752">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73721434">
    <user id="2318948">
    <name><![CDATA[Kate]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, 17, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 07 05:29:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 07 05:31:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reminded me how much I like Roddy Doyle books.  Well written, with characters you had sympathy for, and an interesting account of the '80s in Ireland (I especially liked the main character, who is pregnant and spends most nights in the pub getting drunk!!).]]></body>
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    <review id="4165992">
    <user id="199465">
    <name><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 06 13:42:07 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 13 20:30:42 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So many people love The Commitments. Whether that's because they love the movie or they've actually read the book, I don't know. Which is a shame, really, because although it is a good story, I think it's the weakest of the Barrytown Trilogy. I much prefer The Snapper. It is warm, full of the Irish ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4165992">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50113710">
    <user id="2152316">
    <name><![CDATA[Meredith]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 22 18:04:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 22 18:05:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was initially hard to read. Not hard to get into, just hard to read.  It is written in an Irish dialect. The story was funny, poignant and cute.  I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure I would recommend it.]]></body>
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    <review id="69337731">
    <user id="1652316">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Okatie, SC]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 29 10:39:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 30 11:47:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jimmy Rabbitte again after The Commitments. But this is the story of sister Sharon -- knocked up and not tellin'. Very entertaining, especially if you're into backache and puking.]]></body>
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    <review id="63771822">
    <user id="2051994">
    <name><![CDATA[Beth]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bedford, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 16 15:04:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 26 06:37:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm still laughing!  To really appreciate the characters (if your Irish brogue is rusty), before reading it, try to watch an Irish film such as &quot;Waking Ned Divine&quot; or &quot;The Secret of Roan Inish.&quot;  This book made me laugh out loud so many times :-) ]]></body>
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    <review id="51037690">
    <user id="2176934">
    <name><![CDATA[Sharon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 31 10:45:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 31 10:45:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite book of The Barrytown Trilogy and I'm not just saying this because the main character and I share the same first name. ]]></body>
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    <review id="39348788">
    <user id="1242235">
    <name><![CDATA[Jesse]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Daejeon, Korea, Republic of]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 04 23:04:38 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 04 23:05:52 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A a funny and hardly serious look at a young Irish woman living at home who gets pregnant.  Great swearing.]]></body>
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    <review id="41634933">
    <user id="1508002">
    <name><![CDATA[Adrian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ireland]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 02 13:48:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 02 13:49:38 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic!....Really depicts Irish humour and society in the 1980s( I think)]]></body>
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    <review id="51519142">
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    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Victoria, BC, Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 04 17:01:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 04 17:02:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stomach muscles beware. This book is funny and will give you a workout.]]></body>
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    <review id="40280665">
    <user id="1170461">
    <name><![CDATA[Spm]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 16 21:56:13 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 28 11:14:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely loved this book!  Doyle is the master at creating colorful, comical characters and assembling them around a single issue sure to provoke both mayhem and humor.  I'm guessing that Doyle's character, Jimmy Sr., had to be an inspiration for the creator of Homer Simpson.<br/><br/>I just a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40280665">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51012096">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sophiene]]></name>
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