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    <body><![CDATA[I'm about halfway through and so far these stories leave me cold. I am neither emotionally nor intellectually engaged by them. By which I mean, I don't find the characters and their predicaments of interest and I don't find the stories thought provoking. I shall finish it (in a lackdaisical fashion)...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4114067">more...</a>]]></body>
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