<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="3203978">
  <title><![CDATA[La conjuration des imbéciles]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[2744106003]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[]]></isbn13>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">310612</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">55</books_count>
  <id type="integer">968084</id>
  <media_type>book</media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1980</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>A Confederacy of Dunces</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:28656|5:11567|4:8485|3:4611|2:2190|1:1796|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">28656</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">111812</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">38329</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4006</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.90]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[2]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[0]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3203978.La_conjuration_des_imb_ciles]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="3149">
      <name><![CDATA[Jean-Pierre Carasso]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3149.Jean_Pierre_Carasso]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.91]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[97]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[9]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
        <author id="3049">
      <name><![CDATA[John Kennedy Toole]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3049.John_Kennedy_Toole]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.89]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[29658]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[4127]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="38317">
    <review id="6492981">
    <user id="368200">
    <name><![CDATA[Nathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlotte, NC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/368200-nathan]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202672364p3/368200.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>41</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="books-i-hope-die" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who think unreasonable whining is funny.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 20 09:13:39 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 20 16:56:03 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I know I'm out on my own on this one, but I detest this book. I really think it glorifies whining to an extent never before seen in the human condition. Everyone I know loves this book, and I know I am in a minority here. But Christ... That this book is so popular with people in my age bracket and n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6492981">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6492981]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="588272">
    <user id="50605">
    <name><![CDATA[sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/50605-sarah]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1175869846p3/50605.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">422612</id>
  <isbn>0517122707</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780517122709</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">600</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">93</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174601154m/422612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/422612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>17</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Best friends, cool uncles]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 05 11:50:25 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 17:34:43 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[There are a lot of ways to judge people, but I find that opinion of this book is one of the most accurate and efficient. With very few exceptions, I've found that how much I like someone is strongly correlated with how much they enjoy the book. Is it their favorite book ever, omg? Well, they're prob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/588272">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/588272]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="22103206">
    <user id="512643">
    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pleasanton, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/512643-michelle]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260369985p3/512643.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>20</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="contemporary-fiction" />
          <shelf name="disappointments-and-or-sucked" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 12 16:52:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 17 08:55:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I thought the book was ok. One of my old boyfriends recommended it to me, and while I was reading it I told him what an asshole I thought Ignatius J. Reilly was, and that I was sick of hearing about his valve. He got pissed off at me and told me that I didn't get it. He said Ignatius was a misunders...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22103206">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22103206]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3829409">
    <user id="238975">
    <name><![CDATA[Gregory]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kyoto, Japan]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/238975-gregory]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187128313p3/238975.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4422</id>
  <isbn>0807126063</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780807126066</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">1036</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">151</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165436150m/4422.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4422.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>13</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[my enemies if I had any.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 30 21:07:39 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 02:58:02 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This so-called &quot;farce&quot; and &quot;classic&quot; was more frustrating to me than entertaining. I dislike leaving a book unfinished and the only reason I continued to read it was the hope that my effort would get paid off in the end. Alas, no such reward awaited me. This further cemented my b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3829409">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3829409]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10570432">
    <user id="692475">
    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Boston, MA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/692475-patrick]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198367571p3/692475.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>17</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[the pretentious and unpretentious alike]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 17 11:58:43 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 15 12:28:50 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[First things first: this book isn't quite the hilarious masterpiece everyone would have you believe. Is it funny? Yes. Is it smart? Unquestionably. Are the characters interesting and well-developed? I'd say yes. However, is it as funny and smart and are the characters as interesting and well-develop...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10570432">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10570432]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7033606">
    <user id="193255">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/193255-sarah]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1257725891p3/193255.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>25</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="1001-must-read" />
          <shelf name="a-z-author-challenge" />
          <shelf name="american-as-apple-pie" />
          <shelf name="book-club" />
          <shelf name="oh-my-nola" />
          <shelf name="owned" />
          <shelf name="pulitzer" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 30 10:01:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 20 15:50:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Dear Reader,<br/><br/>Fortuna evidently was smiling upon my being when I endeavored to undertake the consumption of this philosophical masterpiece. How amusing to stumble upon a comic homage to Boethius's <em>Consolation of Philosophy</em>, an homage that not only mirrors its source of inspiration in both ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7033606">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7033606]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4759389">
    <user id="176326">
    <name><![CDATA[Adam]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[3451, Australia]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/176326-adam]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1184195917p3/176326.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>10</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="read-2007" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[some people]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 19 02:48:57 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 05:52:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[People talk about this book a lot, and the story around its conception is one of those wonderful literary legends (genius unrecognised in his lifetime, manuscript submitted to random publisher by mother after his death, instant accolades for the latest Great American Novel, &amp;c). So it's got a lot to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4759389">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4759389]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11227372">
    <user id="51183">
    <name><![CDATA[Mary Catherine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ellicott City, MD]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/51183-mary-catherine]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1176296940p3/51183.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>18</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 29 12:51:23 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 29 13:00:21 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I hated this book. I almost gave up after the first 20 pages, but I decided to stick with it and give it a chance. Wrong. My first instinct was correct!<br/><br/>The only thing that might have saved this for me was if the main character Ignatius faced a long, slow, painful death. There was absolut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11227372">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11227372]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8068891">
    <user id="568250">
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/568250-lisa]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>9</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 22 08:20:08 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 15 10:36:25 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[There is no denying that this book is funny. It's funny in a dated, written-in-the-60s-in-the-South way, but still just classic comic set-ups and timing -- it all ties together perfectly, and I really appreciate that. I guess my main problem with the book is I didn't find it to be anything other tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8068891">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8068891]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3784243">
    <user id="236411">
    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Naperville, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/236411-steve]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186598477p3/236411.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 30 07:19:34 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 02:49:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Am I being unduly harsh giving this a mere “It’s OK”?  Maybe.  To hear some people describe it (even people I usually correlate well with), this book is a laugh-scream riot.  Hopes grow even higher when you hear the story about Toole’s mother who, after his suicide, finally gets the thing pu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3784243">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3784243]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9553845">
    <user id="633622">
    <name><![CDATA[Joe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sidney, MT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/633622-joe-s]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196169633p3/633622.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>11</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="novels" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 26 08:40:46 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 28 08:38:28 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[What a colossal waste of my life. Nothing happens. Literally. That's what's wrong with this book. It's a freshman-level fiction workshop gone horribly awry. And it won <em>what</em>?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9553845]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="17979363">
    <user id="964036">
    <name><![CDATA[Nathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/964036-nathan-marshall]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 17 18:58:33 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 01 23:44:36 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A weird and wonderful book. Truly, I've never read anything like it. This novel has some of the crispest, most well-painted characters I've ever read, and although I wasn't &quot;laughing out loud&quot; as much as the reviewers on the back cover promised, it is definitely funny as hell, and  a compl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17979363">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17979363]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="406515">
    <user id="31945">
    <name><![CDATA[Conrad]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Blackheath, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/31945-conrad]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1257990997p3/31945.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="abandoned" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
          <shelf name="owned" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 24 07:10:53 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 17:01:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Ugh. Most overrated book ever. What a smug pile of overripe garbage.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/406515]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="22340297">
    <user id="1148743">
    <name><![CDATA[Mary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1148743-mary-kate]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259701499p3/1148743.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone with a sense of humor]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[BARWICK]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 15 19:34:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 15 19:50:04 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A Confederacy of Dunces is a great comedic book with tremendous amount of detail that makes the reader feel as if they are actually set in the 1950s and standing on Canal Street, at the heart of New Orleans. John Kennedy Toole creates a believable scene, with landmarks such as Bay St. Louis, St. Lou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22340297">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22340297]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1087979">
    <user id="78373">
    <name><![CDATA[ally]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/78373-ally]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 07 15:10:03 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 19:04:21 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i think i'm one of the few people in this world who didn't like this book. i really tried to read it, my dad and sister just raved about it - but i found myself bored and annoyed. it's one thing to not like characters b/c the author wrote them so brilliantly you actually have an emotional response t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1087979">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1087979]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4870682">
    <user id="297053">
    <name><![CDATA[Brandon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/297053-brandon-the-gentleman]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[someone I disliked]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 21 09:23:17 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 06:15:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[After hearing dozens of great things about 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' I figured I had to read it. And upon my third attempt at reading it, I did finish it. And I realized that I did not like it at all. There are a handful of humorous pages, but you have to suffer through 70 pages of tripe per one pa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4870682">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4870682]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="15086363">
    <user id="894544">
    <name><![CDATA[Austin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/894544-austin]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202689683p3/894544.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People Who Enjoy Reading]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Cheryl Albrecht]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 10 16:09:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 07 11:28:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I'll be honest: <em>A Confederacy Of Dunces</em> probably didn't deserve a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.  <br/><br/>There, I said it.  <br/><br/>BUT, this does not mean that you shouldn't read it, nor does that mean that it isn't as good as advertised, or that this is because of any deficiency in Toole's w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15086363">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15086363]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12715536">
    <user id="793135">
    <name><![CDATA[Eric]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/793135-eric]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1227549454p3/793135.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever felt like the smartest guy in the room. Thomas Aquinas fans.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 16 18:55:45 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 16 18:55:45 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Quick, funny, engrossing, but am I the only one who felt the book could use a little &quot;more&quot;? Criticizing Toole seems to anger his fans and be somewhat akin to spitting on his tragically-departed soul, but even without my own Pulitzer I feel I can still point to certain areas and ask, &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12715536">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12715536]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="29685658">
    <user id="676766">
    <name><![CDATA[Joan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/676766-joan]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1218117567p3/676766.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">310612</id>
  <isbn>0802130208</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802130204</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">25774</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3552</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502m/310612.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310612.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 09 08:05:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 09 08:10:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Many claim it is the most valid depiction of New Orleanians ever. My favorite quote comes from Ignatius's extremely short tenure as a college teacher: &quot;I could never have possibly read over the illiteracies and misconceptions burbling from the dark minds of those students. It will be the same w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29685658">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29685658]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4556778">
    <user id="279894">
    <name><![CDATA[Clear_enGlish]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cambridge, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/279894-clear-english]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1189809426p3/279894.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">24922</id>
  <isbn>0140282688</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780140282689</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">268</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">27</text_reviews_count>
  <title>A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential.penguin)</title>
  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544657m/24922.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24922.A_Confederacy_of_Dunces</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="favourites" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
          <shelf name="important-to-me" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Majestic kooks, the misunderstood]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 14 17:18:10 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 05:14:14 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[You great kook Mr. Toole.<br/>Ignatius J. Reilly hit my world and went off like a &quot;nucular bum&quot;! The fallout is still in the air.<br/>I wish we had been magnificent enough for you to stay, you left before we even got to know you; disappearing into the night like that... If only things ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4556778">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4556778]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="humor" />
        <shelf name="favorites" />
        <shelf name="classics" />
        <shelf name="literature" />
        <shelf name="novels" />
        <shelf name="1001" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3203978</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>