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  <title><![CDATA[Paperweight]]></title>
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  <default_description>Over the years, when not wearing his acting, television or novelist trousers, Stephen Fry has written many articles for magazines, newspapers and radio. Collected together in this excellent volume, the reader will find the print debut of Professor Donald Trefusis; a previously undiscovered Sherlock Holmes mystery; discourses on the subjects of piles and critics, and many more witty and incisive articles from the pages of the &lt;i&gt;Listener&lt;/i&gt; and the &lt;i&gt;Daily Telegraph&lt;/i&gt;.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1992</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen Fry]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 12 11:04:36 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 12 11:11:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books -- a collection of all the newspaper columns Stephen Fry wrote during something like a 15 year period.  They're all funny, and each is about a page and a half long.  The vast majority are also fairly effective little opinion pieces on a very wide range of social, pol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2987536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45975039">
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    <name><![CDATA[Becca]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 16:17:43 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 10 16:17:43 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a long time to get through this book, partially because I was only reading it while at lunch at work, but mostly because Stephen Fry is a very verbose writer. All the articles were good, though, and the play a bit odd.]]></body>
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    <review id="71276615">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 15 06:59:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 15 07:00:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very, very, VERY funny. Especially the line, &quot;I must now go and visit my chiropractor, my back and buttocks have been giving me problems and he leaves no stern untoned&quot;. Extremely witty.]]></body>
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    <review id="40556820">
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 20 17:43:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 20 17:43:54 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the way Fry writes and thinks.  A renaissance man among celebrities.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40556820]]></url>
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    <review id="42872204">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 20 03:45:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 12 22:31:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful collection from a person who in my estimation is one of the most brilliant contemporaries today.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42872204]]></url>
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    <review id="57343894">
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  <read_at>Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 26 03:10:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't read this without a dictionary.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57343894]]></url>
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    <review id="43348004">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Tamara Marshall, Holly Sears]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 07 19:51:27 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 17 08:54:59 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 07 19:51:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have really loved some of the insights from this book.  Some things are a little too far to the left, as far as I am concerned.  He has a problem with organized religion, but otherwise it has been hilarious at times, and extremely thought provoking at others.  He admits that most of the chapters a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43348004">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="16292275">
    <user id="342341">
    <name><![CDATA[Tim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who likes some intelligent reading]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Me!]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 24 20:38:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 24 20:41:28 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brilliant writing style in his pieces for the Listener and other publications, witty, well informed and startlingly thought-provoking.<br/>The radio transcripts are a little less accessible, but still absolutely excellent. He even includes a play he wrote aged about 22, which is superb and really q...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16292275">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16292275]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8495962">
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    <name><![CDATA[Celia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brisbane, Australia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 31 15:47:34 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 20 16:42:58 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ah, I'm not sure if I'm ever going to finish this - it's a bit of a mish-mash of columns and random audio stuff.  I think some of the humour is a bit linked to the time and society, and therefore lost on me. <br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Nope, didn't end up finishing it - racked up some late fines at t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8495962">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8495962]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="47466234">
    <user id="1905738">
    <name><![CDATA[Gunter]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mechelen, 01, Belgium]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 02 14:03:52 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 25 03:58:19 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 02 14:03:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarisch. Afijn: voor de liefhebbers natuurlijk... Stephen Fry op zijn erudiete best - om mee te lachen dus.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47466234]]></url>
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    <review id="38194921">
    <user id="82315">
    <name><![CDATA[Joel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Vancouver, Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 27 17:58:39 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 19 20:52:21 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 27 17:58:39 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Delightful. Bought in Beijing for $1.25.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38194921]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18687928">
    <user id="43733">
    <name><![CDATA[Lyndsey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 26 11:10:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of transcripts from Fry's comedy shows.  As the title implies, a good book to have lying around as a paperweight - or in a bathroom.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18687928]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12203952">
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    <name><![CDATA[Heidi]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 10 18:32:00 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 10 18:33:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this very much.  Not each piece was mind-blowing, but the overall it was a fun read and one that I go back to from time to time.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12203952]]></url>
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    <review id="30634839">
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 20 05:43:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Light lou read. Fry is hilarious at times and some of his observations, though not particularly insightful, were still interesting.]]></body>
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    <review id="4431440">
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    <name><![CDATA[celtic]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 12 10:07:07 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[very clever,<br/>very funny...<br/>more review is yet to come]]></body>
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    <review id="8340099">
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    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who are funny]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[that stepehn fry is a very funny man]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 20 04:09:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
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