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  <title><![CDATA[A Fatal Inversion]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1987</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ruth Rendell]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara Vine]]></name>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Teresa and Cynthia]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 18 15:58:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 01 15:58:51 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of Barbara Vine's earlier richly crafted novels. Her writing is elegant and skillfully constructed. &quot;A Fatal Inversion&quot; is not an ordinary mystery with a familiar plot, it is a chilling psychological study which gives the reader insight into a horrifying murder. It is compellin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74954451">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49229844">
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  <date_added>Sat Mar 14 06:06:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 06:21:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>5?</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is <strong>always</strong> up there among my favorite &quot;Top 5 Vines&quot; along with ASTA'S BOOK, BRIMSTONE WEDDING, A DARK-ADAPTED EYE and HOUSE OF STAIRS - and, like those, it's one I've pretty much lost count of how many times I've read.<br/><br/>As with most of the other Vines (of which this was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49229844">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="44989883">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mary]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 31 16:23:52 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 31 16:26:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I could not put this one down either, but I found the several of the characters to be very disturbing (and possibly disturbed). Again, Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) tells an intricate story with amazingly done characters (it's been years since I read this, and I still retain impressions of places and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44989883">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44989883]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="735269">
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    <name><![CDATA[Annie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Apr 15 16:20:15 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 08 18:15:31 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Vine seems to imply that ultimately all of our tries at transgression are just attempts to forestall the inevitable, that our deepest, darkest desires are so bourgeois as to be frightening to us. The characters in A Fatal Inversion are given freedom to do whatever they please, and what they please i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/735269">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/735269]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="50990664">
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    <name><![CDATA[Douglas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Waterdown, Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 30 20:17:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 30 20:17:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide Must-Read Crime Novel]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50990664]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="77232850">
    <user id="1879479">
    <name><![CDATA[Susan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Randolph, NJ]]></location>        
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 09 13:14:45 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 09 13:15:34 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[recommended by Barbara; great review.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77232850]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="65442716">
    <user id="1721828">
    <name><![CDATA[Jodi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 29 13:49:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 29 13:51:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Meh...<br/><br/>For some reason I thought this was going to be a mystery, which it was not.  At least not really.<br/><br/>Vine experiments with presenting an event in the past from the points of view of 4 people who took part in an ill-fated &quot;communal&quot; living experiment at an English ...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65442716]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10044973">
    <user id="43601">
    <name><![CDATA[jeff]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Penngrove, CA]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[mystery readers -- with an affinity for the '70s.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 06 12:11:30 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 06 12:16:29 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am not a fan of the mystery genre. That said, I greatly enjoyed this book, a mystery, strongly recommended by my mother -- a huge fan of mysteries. Strong writing, excellent characters, lots of twists and turns, and great description of 1970's era London and surrounding areas. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10044973]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="39504400">
    <user id="1478426">
    <name><![CDATA[Cathy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Belgium]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 06:42:05 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 09 10:20:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this at all. The later half of the book was slightly better, when we actually had some dialogue and not just endless descriptions. It wasn't suspenseful enough for me and I honestly didn't even care to find out who murdered whom by the end of it. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39504400]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18786967">
    <user id="76842">
    <name><![CDATA[Rae]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Payson, UT]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 27 14:15:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 21 10:39:18 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A psychological mystery involving a group of young college students who attempt to live an idyllic life together in a large mansion. There are many elements of <em>Lord of the Flies</em> in this novel.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18786967]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12137405">
    <user id="401140">
    <name><![CDATA[minnie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ireland]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 10 05:11:30 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 10 05:11:30 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first Barbara Vine I ever read,and at the time I thought it was excellent(nearly 20 years ago)]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12137405]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="17376798">
    <user id="316102">
    <name><![CDATA[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rome, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 09 11:33:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 09 11:33:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Less mystery and more character study, but I like it.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17376798]]></url>
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    <review id="30833342">
    <user id="1449447">
    <name><![CDATA[Kassie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 21 15:56:10 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 21 15:56:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[again, one of my faves. babs strikes again!]]></body>
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    <review id="79041874">
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 26 08:07:38 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
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