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  <title><![CDATA[Facing the Music]]></title>
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 19 10:01:58 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[True to its description, the first story in this collection was deliciously sad, bringing to mind Carver with its unhappy, booze-fueled anti-romance.  But like most of Brown's characters, it went downhill from there.  The grace notes are awkward, and the epiphanies forced (in the second story, the f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46866421">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really liked this. First time i've read Larry Brown, and the first/title story won me over at once. It was super Raymond Carver right off the bat, but that works for me. The opening story is beautiful, first and last sentences killed me.<br/><br/>The whole collection is depressing without a doubt,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36878737">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The stories in the collection are a mixture of experimentalism, and traditional stories with down-n-out Carver characters. In the traditional stories Brown does a couple of things really well. He captures character voice; you can hear these characters talking as they narrate. The other thing is he g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20181667">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2735781">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[There were a couple of stories that I really responded to - the one about the farmer; the story about the carless bar guy with his barroom floozy. The story about the boy who threw the brick.  <br/><br/>Some observations: It seems like the majority of the male characters in the book have suffered ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2735781">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 05 12:08:18 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[came onto Larry Brown late, and after only seeing the movie Big Bad Love based on one of his books of short stories.  If you're a fan of southern literature and the short stories of ray carver, you'll be a fan of this.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[You'd be shocked by this book. Not in how good it is, because yeah yeah we get it already. But some of these stories are fucking weird. In their form I mean. In a good way.]]></body>
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    <review id="39298767">
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    <body><![CDATA[some of the funniest most cinematic stories with a loudness that leaps from the page.]]></body>
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    <review id="12615297">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's rare to read an author for the first time and to have the feeling that you are going to read everything they've ever done.  Facing the Music is a powerful collection of short stories.  Brown doesn't shy away from showing you the ugliness in human beings or in the hands that the world can deal t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12615297">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68961475">
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    <body><![CDATA[Condition: Like new]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story &quot;Kubuku Rides&quot; scared the crap out of me, so much in fact, that I actually started drinking less! I thought this story and the title story were best, but overall a wonderful book. <br/><br/>p.s. If anyone can tell me what &quot;Kubuku&quot; means or where Larry Brown got that t...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hated this book.  It was so incredibly depressing, and disgusting, and sad, and disturbing, and despondent.  However, the writing was creative and well-done, and I could see a David Sedaris fan possibly enjoying a couple of the stories.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Facing the Music is an excellent short story collection, containing one of the most interesting semi-minimalist stories I have ever come across, titled: a boy and dog.  This story alone is worth the read.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="26748968">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gave me real insight into the personality of Larry Brown. This is one of my favorites. ]]></body>
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    <review id="25155408">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Impressive early collection of Brown's short fiction.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Damn powerful stuff...]]></body>
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