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    <body><![CDATA[Planning a trip to Spain, I wanted to find some literature and this was recommended.  <br/>Set between Ireland and Catalunya, the book conjured up good visual images of both.  I enjoyed it, although I would happily have thrown most of the characters out of the preverbial lifeboat given the choice.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Been meaning to read this author. This is his first novel. I'm really enjoying it so far. The protagonist is a woman who leaves her husband and son in 1950 to paint in Spain. It's hard to like her, but I want to see what she does next.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautifully atmospheric, but I just couldn't get involved, whether due to unsympathetic characters or non-suspenseful plot or whatever.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Toibin's debut novel stakes out his future literary territory with grace, restraint and power. Many of his future recurring themes are here.  A homecoming, parent/child relationships, religion, Spain and, of course, Ireland. It's a sparse, controlled novel with a cumulative power. As much about what...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30518396">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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