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    <body><![CDATA[This book left with so much thinking to do and had so many philosophical metaphors that I ended up pushing it on my friends, fully thinking that I had their best interest in mind. But when I actually, thought about it I realized that what I really wanted was someone to discuss the book with. I wante...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46727125">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[auster has a tendency for ambiguous, detached endings that leave you with several questions unanswered.. and for the stories in the ny trilogy i think it works perfectly, but for this book it kind of left me a might disappointed. he starts to tell a real straight forward story, and it almost seems a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2809288">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A high school friend, Joe, suggested this to me when  I mentioned that I was reading another Paul Auster novel (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= In The Country Of Last Things" title=" In The Country Of Last Things"> In The Country Of Last Things</a>). Looks... different. Half-price Books also had a ridiculously beautiful copy of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= The New York Trilogy" title=" The New York Trilogy"> The New York Trilogy</a> that I wanted, a lot, but it was sixty dollars. I inst...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38824701">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up at the library after spotting it randomly on a shelf. I had seen the movie a while back and enjoyed immensely. It was far enough back however that I did not remember all of it. So it seemed a like a good idea the book. I'm glad I did. I'm pretty sure I'll have to get a copy for myse...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67093576">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ooooh, I think I am done with Paul Auster for a while. It is  very unfair of him to build up this thing that looks like a plot and add lots of atmosphere (protagonist picking up things and feeling mysteriously that it was the right thing to do! and so much weight attached to the moment that you thin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28955565">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is difficult for me to read anything by Paul Auster and not feeling a complete sense of impending doom. Even when things appear to be going well, you know some random tragic unfortunate event is just around the corner. That being said, I think he's an incredible writer and I hope someday to have ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4078898">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably my least favorite of the Auster that I've read.  I've noticed I give it more stars then Timbuktu, and that's actually fair.  A negative reaction deserves more stars I think than a neutral reaction.  I can't say why I didn't like it except that the ending left me so baffled and defeated that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6830960">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[By far the best book I have read of Auster. The characters are brought deeper and deeper into a prison made up of their own careless acts of chance.<br/>The ending reminded me of Kafka's &quot;The Trial&quot; - just as one sees light at the end of the tunnel, a random event changes everything - jus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40137999">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>I appreciated what this novel was trying to do, but was bothered by my complete and utter lack of attachment to the characters.  The premise (lives colliding by chance) is intriguing and the narrative is beautifully executed.  What was missing for me was the answer to &quot;why?.&quot;  The ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14851394">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i loved this book!!  paul auster is great.  i was so pleased with the movie version, i saw it twice in one day at the theatre.  i brought friends, the second time.  this is one time that i say read the book *and* see the movie -- you'll be the better for it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really enjoyed most of this book, then the last section lost me completely and I finished the book feeling somewhat mystified by it all.<br/><br/>Still, Auster has been a great find and I'm looking forward to working through my way through all his books]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've bought this book without having ever heard of it. I was looking for a Martin Amis book, but I wasn't able to find it in the bookshop. Turning my eyes from left to right and from right to left, I've seen Paul Auster - Music of chance. I just knew the name of the author and I must say that the ti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2978920">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book, probably even more than Mr. Vertigo, which I read a couple months ago. I guess you'd call Auster a fabulist? His books are realistic, but there is always something just a bit unreal about them. Wonderful stuff.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Weird book. Maybe it would be better if I hadn't read the cover blurbs.  It says it's about these two guys who end up drifting around governed by chance events like the outcome of a poker game.  Which is true in a way, they get thrown together by chance and then the poker game determines what happen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31039887">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Half of the story takes place on the highway. The protagonist is literally running away from his life. In his Saab, with some classical music he is in a place where he (finally?) feels he runs his life, he drives to… nowhere in particular. Should he turn right or left? Nothing but chance, or<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30920069">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Starts off incredibly well, but eventually falls apart completely before abruptly ending.]]></body>
    
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