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    <body><![CDATA[though elsewhere dubbed aptly the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blakebutler.blogspot.com/2008/07/derek-whites-marsupial.html">first lynchian novel,</a> MARSUPIAL reminded me most often of cronenberg's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7437.Naked_Lunch_The_Restored_Text" title="Naked Lunch  The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs">NAKED LUNCH</a>, where an unflappable main character nods straight-faced through a bizarre and constantly morphing scenery. witty and--due to its sense of nostalgia for a just-left dream or a long-le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31313714">more...</a>]]></body>
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