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  <title><![CDATA[Memoirs of a Master Forger]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Heaney]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The cover design of this book led me to expect a pseudo-Victorian adventure, but this is actually a modern, urban book set in a London of lobby groups and homeless shelters.<br/><br/>William Heaney got involved in some supernatural shenanigans at university and now, middle-aged, is up to his ears ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62145479">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a disappointment to me but it's my fault, to be honest. I was strolling in the bookshop when the cover caught my eyes. The back of the book made it sound as if demons starred prominently in the story and I love demon mythology... However it's not a story about demons, it's a story abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38940722">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel is by Graham Joyce, and the 1st person protagonist is William Heaney. So it's really by Heaney after all, right? Well, most of it is. Be warned that, like many Joyce books, this one casts the Must...Keep...Reading spell. Bedtime comes and bedtime goes, and you keep on turning pages. Liter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48661705">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author is of course Graham Joyce and the book will be published in the US too as How to Make Friends with a Demon under his name, but the joke in the UK author byline works very well too...<br/><br/>I have never read Mr. Joyce's fiction before, tried once but did not hook me, but this book is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35376399">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Publishers Gollancz evidently had a change of mind about this book--it was originally slated to be published as &quot;Ascent of Demons&quot; by Graham Joyce.  Instead, it's coming out as &quot;Memoirs of a Master Forger&quot;, ostensibly written by narrator William Heaney.<br/><br/>Yet Heaney isn'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28964772">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this because it looked a bit different from the usual rather tedious genre fantasy, and I wasn't disappointed. It's not about demons, it's about people. William Heaney sees their demons and is spending his life trying to run away from his own. The book tells the story of his journey towards...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71897449">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41018176">
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this! The plot isn't earth-shattering, but the narrator is fiercely intelligent and eccentrically charming. The supporting characters are well-drawn too. I love the blend of magical realism with the demons creeping in. Very witty engaging prose.    ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Highly readable London-noir that suggests once again that Graham Joyce ('cos it's him, you know) should be allowed to escape from the fantasy ghetto and take his place amongst the magical realists. Also useful as a guide to the historic pubs of London....]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Graham Joyce distilled to his essence. In some parts this was as beautiful a piece of writing as I've read in years.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I only got through about nine chapters before I gave up. It just wasn't gripping me. Not sure why.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting Christian coming of age told through a demon fantasy crossed with a poetry industry satire.<br/><br/>Heaney's Livejournal begins here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://butforthegrape.livejournal.com/2008/02/14/" title="http://butforthegrape.livejournal.com/2008/02/14/">http://butforthegrape.livejournal.com/20...</a>]]></body>
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