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  <title><![CDATA[Appaloosa]]></title>
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  <default_description>In one of Parker's finest, two gunmen arrive in the lawless town of Appaloosa where the actions of a renegade rancher have already taken their toll.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2005</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Appaloosa</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert B. Parker]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first (and probably last) western.  Kirkus, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly all gave this a starred review, so I guess people who like Westerns thought it was really good, but I do not get it.<br/><br/>The only western story I really know is of Wyatt Earp, and this is basically the same ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49487468">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book very much. Parker is definitely playing off the known quantities of the genre (laconic heroes, fights with Indians, women of questionable virtue), but he does it well. Hitch and Cole are a good team, and their friendship/banter allows for some well-written moments of humor.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15621723">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 13 17:16:59 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A spare, beautifully written western about the Virgil, a marshal for hire, and his right hand man, Everett.  When they take a job in Appaloosa, the plan is to take on Randall Bragg , the rancher whoâ€™s running the town and killing the lawmen.  Things get more complicated with the arrival of the opp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46275743">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51144084">
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 01 09:17:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 01 09:30:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for a book club that normally tackles literary classics and works that we feel have some sort of resonance in the wider world. This time, though, a new member of the group picked something out, and we ended up reading this Western novel, which I personally blew through in a day. I'm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51144084">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50296567">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 24 10:40:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a western in the sense that it's set in the old west of the 1800's, and like all westerns I have read, it has a very simple plot: greedy rancher and his men terrorizes town people; town officials hire marshal to bring law and order to the town; marshal outwits, kills or jails anybody who dis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50296567">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68995926">
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 26 14:22:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awful, just awful. Almost no plot, intrigue, or character development and replete with foul language (seemed like every other word, way beyond what I even hear in high schools these days!). It seemed to exist simply as a slow moving vehicle for bad behavior, brutal violence, and the worst that can b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68995926">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42798377">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is western set in the 1880's.  It is about two friends Virgil and Everett who work for hire getting rid of thieves in the untamed west.  They are called to the town of Appaloosa to try and get rid of a corrupt rancher, who wants to own the town and the people in the town.  He takes what he want...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42798377">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67374820">
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    <name><![CDATA[Joy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was very nice to read a Parker book again, although<br/>his westerns are not my favorites.  This was the first in<br/>a series of three.  I had read the other two, but each<br/>can stand alone, although there are continuing characters.  The book was a reminder that I'm glad we<br/>now have mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67374820">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45460394">
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 05 09:33:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>Taking a break from his long-running series of Spenser novels, Parker moseys back to the Old West. He's eyed this back-acre before in <em>Gunman's Rhapsody</em>, a fictionalization of the Wyatt Earp story, but critics feel <em>Appaloosa</em>‚Äòs original plot allows him more room to develop his trademark themes of pe...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45460394">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44986568">
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    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jan 31 15:53:30 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie with Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris a few months ago and, since I'm going through a phase where I'm obsessively reading Westerns, I figured I'd give the book a shot. The movie is an incredibly faithful adaptation. If I didn't know better, I might think the book is the novelization of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44986568">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73459555">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 04 18:49:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 04 18:52:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to this as a book-on-tape during a roundtrip from Cincinnati to Detroit.  The odd thing was that I saw the movie (with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen and RenÃ©e Zellweger) earlier this year ... but, didn't realize until the very end of the book that it was the same as the movie.  I'm not sure...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73459555">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69718319">
    <user id="2686254">
    <name><![CDATA[Kim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fast and fun Western with some snappy lines.  An interesting twist on the partnership/buddy novels of this genre. A good, quick read for anyone who liked the movie or who enjoys Westerns in general.  <br/><br/>Warning though, the typography and page layout are pretty horrible - the margins and s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69718319">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44225836">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Capitola, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_updated>Tue Jan 27 11:08:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I rated this one  both &quot;like it&quot; and &quot;not for me&quot; -- but can't do both &quot;not for me&quot; and &quot;read&quot; so I changed it -- now about that not liking thing, I couldn't stop seeing Renee Zellweger as I was reading. Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen I can deal with a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44225836">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33840466">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sophie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not a reader of Westerns, so take this review lightly, if you are. I am a big fan of Robert B. Parker, however. <br/><br/>Things I liked about the book. Well for one, the relationship between Cole and Hitch. Parker does that well and he showcases some of his best writing in these two character...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33840466">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30840641">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jeremy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Robert Parker is one of my favorite authors, and though he's stumbled a few times, Appaloosa isn't one of those.  Most of his fiction are crime stories set in the present, but this one is a western taking place in the past.  And it's brilliant.<br/><br/>I'm not sure how I missed it (though after r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30840641">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27208604">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Jackson, GA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[m guessing this must have gotten onto my to-be-read list from the bestsellers at some point, because Westerns aren't usually my thing.<br/>Maybe they should be.<br/><br/>It was a fast read.  Very fast.  I finished it in about 2 1/2 hours, in between phone calls at work.  It was, however, beautifu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27208604">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are a Robert Parker fan, as I am, you will love this book.  If you are a fan of Westerns you may not.  But then, Elmore Leonard writes Westerns so why not Parker?<br/><br/>It's a spare 290 page book full of terse and laconic dialogue.  What Parker novel isn't?  I read it in about five or si...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23832069">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read a western in a while.  The last western I read was on of McMurtry's novels (I don't know which one).  Parker isn't nearly the writer McMurtry is;  however, he is just as entertaining.  This is a great manly man book.  Tough guy marshalls being tough guy marshalls and having a good ole...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46372579">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 20:39:42 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Two reticent manly-men gunmen come to the town of Appaloosa to bring order, go up against a bad-guy rancher, kill quite a lot of people, and get themselves confused over the machinations of a manipulative woman. Spare dialogue, bare description, somewhat flat plot. There is a big shooting scene (of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76772568">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 05 19:53:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 05 19:53:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As part of my summer reading program, I was challenged to read a book from a different genre than I usually do.  I immediately thought &quot;Western,&quot; since that is the absolutely last genre I would read voluntarily.  <br/><br/>I have read many of Robert B. Parker's other books, and Appaloosa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66374587">more...</a>]]></body>
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