<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>5073647</id>
  <title><![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0061626619]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780061626616]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">5073647</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">3</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">5140327</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer">1</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">12</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:36|5:6|4:22|3:8|2:0|1:0|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">36</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">142</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">78</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">21</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.94]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[32]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[18]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>225404</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Jasper Rees]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-M-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/225404.Jasper_Rees]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.85</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>21</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="78">
      <review>
  <id>61871194</id>
    <user>
    <id>84063</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Nathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oklahoma City, OK]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/84063-nathan]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246538913p3/84063.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246538913p2/84063.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>32</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="biography" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 05:37:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 02 06:00:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[     What a super-fun and informative read!  I have always loved the horn, but the author is obsessed.  Jasper Rees learned French Horn when he was in early high school but gave it up for 22 years.  He then pulled his dusty horn out to play at the British Horn Society concert.  He really sucked.  Bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61871194">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61871194]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61871194]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>71092771</id>
    <user>
    <id>83503</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/83503-sarah]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1179012705p3/83503.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1179012705p2/83503.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 13 14:44:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 25 21:24:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Come to find out, I'm a sucker for books where people shake up their normal lives to dedicate a year to a crazy mission; this author actually verbalized why: he's in &quot;those years when routine traditionally sets in like a stubborn winter fog, when you set yourself the monthly task of amassing en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71092771">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71092771]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71092771]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>44945993</id>
    <user>
    <id>341677</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Katy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/341677-katy]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194488327p3/341677.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194488327p2/341677.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="memoir" />
        <shelf name="music" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 31 08:17:22 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 31 08:34:17 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It would be easy to relegate this book to the &quot;midlife crisis shelf,&quot; but it is more than that.  It is about setting a goal, a seemingly improbable one, and after a year of single minded effort, achieving it. Jasper Rees is a witty, irreverent writer, who makes this improbable journey a de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44945993">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44945993]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44945993]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72642877</id>
    <user>
    <id>2780477</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jonelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Camp Hill, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2780477-jonelle]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254051807p3/2780477.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254051807p2/2780477.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="funny" />
        <shelf name="music" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 27 07:16:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 27 07:16:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is a definite must read for anyone who has ever played the French Horn (as I did). It's about the author's year long quest to perform a Mozart Horn Concerto - in public - after a 22-year lapse in ever having touched the instrument. He spent the year getting in shape, taking lessons, and tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72642877">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72642877]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72642877]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>44263565</id>
    <user>
    <id>272061</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jonathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cambridge, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/272061-jonathan]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243372852p3/272061.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243372852p2/272061.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">3476100</id>
  <isbn>0753826437</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780753826430</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[I Found My Horn: One Man's Struggle With The Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument: One Man's Struggle with the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3476100.I_Found_My_Horn_One_Man_s_Struggle_With_The_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument_One_Man_s_Struggle_with_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 11:30:15 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 25 04:59:34 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 27 11:30:16 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[As with Richard Cohen's &quot;By the Sword&quot; this weaves the history of the instrument around a personal story, to the benefit of &quot;I found my horn&quot; since it has considerably more story and less history; the combination is enjoyable and gives the author a great chance to show off his ob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44263565">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44263565]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44263565]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>39434076</id>
    <user>
    <id>300318</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Anne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/300318-anne]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 06 06:39:13 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 07 08:21:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Approaching 40 and a bit of a midlife crisis (divorce, etc), Jasper decides to pick up the French horn again, which he hasn't played in 22 years since he was in school. He sets a high goal of doing a performance in front of the British Horn Society in one year's time. Given that he felt he never rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39434076">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39434076]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39434076]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>39624369</id>
    <user>
    <id>1206247</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ed]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wilkes Barre, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1206247-ed]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233174458p3/1206247.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233174458p2/1206247.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="classical-music" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 08 13:56:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 21 11:14:56 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The devil is in the details a wise man once said this book was pretty durn good the author is humorous and interesting offering a history of the instrument as well as its appearance in history and literature as away we go. He's British, btw. Thus we meet, in person and in memoriam, the great trinity...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39624369">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39624369]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39624369]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>50163670</id>
    <user>
    <id>961635</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/961635-lisa]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245157973p3/961635.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245157973p2/961635.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 23 07:50:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 07 07:31:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I'm sure that part of the reason I enjoyed &quot;A Devil to Play&quot; so much is that I play the horn, but I think it has broad appeal to any musicians or those who enjoy reading entertaining memoirs.  Rees's descriptions of the frustrations of the horn were priceless--the spit! the cracked notes! ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50163670">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50163670]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50163670]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>46157973</id>
    <user>
    <id>1213504</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Cashman]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Norwood, MA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1213504-cashman]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 12 11:25:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 22 18:10:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I like the idea of this book, but as someone else here noted, if you don't like Jasper Rees the book becomes a heavy slog.  I liked the author well enough, but by the mid-point I wished there was less of him and more connection holding the threads of the book together.  All in all, I prefer G. Kurtz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46157973">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46157973]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46157973]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>55077121</id>
    <user>
    <id>227726</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Gerry]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Federal Way, WA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/227726-gerry]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185515621p3/227726.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185515621p2/227726.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 05 17:26:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 22 09:45:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[OK, I didn't read read it, I skimmed read it! <br/>I used to play the French Horn from 7th grade through my first year of college and then later, joined a community orchestra and played for just a few months. So I was curious about this one.<br/><br/>I'm not much into the history of the horn and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55077121">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55077121]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55077121]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>46909122</id>
    <user>
    <id>832688</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Denver, CO]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/832688-stephanie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201412573p3/832688.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201412573p2/832688.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 19 17:42:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 28 09:17:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book! Jasper Rees decides to start playing the horn again at age 40 - 20+ years since he last touched it. He spends a year preparing for a solo performance at the British Horn Society. Along the way, he shares the history of the instrument and meets with current leading horn luminaries fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46909122">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46909122]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46909122]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>71398654</id>
    <user>
    <id>919205</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/919205-robert-linnemann]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="music-composition" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 16 06:47:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 16 06:48:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It was a very fun read about this writer's rekindling of his love for the french horn. Lots of good historic stuff and great stories from the people he confronts in the horn world.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71398654]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71398654]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>70284187</id>
    <user>
    <id>1323627</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Stacy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Irvington, VA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1323627-stacy]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 06 16:11:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 06 16:15:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Coming from a family of horn players I was intrigued by this.  I really loved this book — the story and the way it was written.  What an amazing journey the author takes!]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70284187]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70284187]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>54817989</id>
    <user>
    <id>189840</id>
    <name><![CDATA[A.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Carrboro, NC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/189840-a]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1210299909p3/189840.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1210299909p2/189840.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="2009" />
        <shelf name="popculture" />
        <shelf name="someoneelseslife" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 03 15:06:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 03 15:07:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The world needs more books about playing the french horn.  Or maybe just this one, which was delightfully funny and a really quick, engaging read.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54817989]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54817989]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>42728087</id>
    <user>
    <id>291655</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kate]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Columbia, MD]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/291655-kate]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187572306p3/291655.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187572306p2/291655.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 11 17:29:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 11 17:29:50 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I can relate to the quest.  Come to think of it, I haven't picked up the old clarinet in the basement for a while ...]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42728087]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42728087]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>67128865</id>
    <user>
    <id>1016546</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Robin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1016546-robin]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 12 14:38:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 12 14:38:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Funny for horn players, maybe for regular folks.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67128865]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67128865]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>45197650</id>
    <user>
    <id>1819815</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Stefanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1819815-stefanie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229814980p3/1819815.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229814980p2/1819815.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 02 17:41:58 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 23 18:20:13 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i really enjoyed this book!  it was fun, rediculous, informative, a well of useless and useful knowledge.  or, maybe i thought so 'cause i am also a french horn player...  i wonder what non-horn players think about this book.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45197650]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45197650]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>41148464</id>
    <user>
    <id>1538487</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Terry]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Rosa, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1538487-terry]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233416720p3/1538487.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233416720p2/1538487.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 28 21:20:13 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 12 11:12:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[What fun! 40-year-old journalist turns to the French horn instead of a red sports car to ameliorate that rite of passage called the midlife crisis. The Horn, originating in the Hunt and the Woods, brings out the best in horsey language from author Rees as the music is always galloping or cantering o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41148464">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41148464]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41148464]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>25583981</id>
    <user>
    <id>588554</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Nicola]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/588554-nicola-rimmer]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2665357</id>
  <isbn>0297852256</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780297852254</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[I Found My Horn: One Man's Struggle with the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2665357.I_Found_My_Horn_One_Man_s_Struggle_with_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Most people who take up a musical instrument have dropped it by the time they leave school.  With the onset of maturity they start to regret giving it up.  But still they do nothing about it.  At the age of 39 and three quarters, Jasper Rees did do something about it.  He fished his French horn out of the attic, where it had lain silent for 22 years, and took it to the instrument's annual jamboree: the British Horn Society festival.  Along with 69 other horn players, he stood onstage and played Handel's Hallelujah Chorus.  There and then, despite severely limited ability, he set himself a near impossible target: to stand up in front of a paying audience in twelve months' time and play a Mozart concerto.  Alone.  'I Found My Horn' is the story of a midlife crisis spent not on a Harley Davidson but on 18 feet of wrapped brass tubing.  It is also the story of man's first musical instrument, and its journey from the walls of Jericho to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, from the hunting fields of aristocratic France to the heart of Hollywood.Along the way, Jasper Rees seeks expert advice as he prepares to stand up in front of a packed London auditorium and perform a Mozart concerto on this notoriously treacherous instrument.  Everyone says the same thing. Don't do it.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 26 13:19:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 26 13:22:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Really enjoyed to start with but then started to feel like Jasper is a bit of an chauvanistic egomaniac and then found I didn't find his dialogue half as funny as I had before]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25583981]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25583981]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>43051910</id>
    <user>
    <id>1829241</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jennie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Burnsville, MN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1829241-jennie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230137300p3/1829241.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230137300p2/1829241.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5073647</id>
  <isbn>0061626619</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780061626616</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-m-1255980699.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/647/5073647-s-1255980699.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5073647.A_Devil_to_Play_One_Man_s_Year_Long_Quest_to_Master_the_Orchestra_s_Most_Difficult_Instrument</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p> In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. </p> <p> Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year's time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience. </p> <p> <em>A Devil to Play</em> is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man's first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em>, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man's mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. </p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2008</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jul 31 15:57:47 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 14 14:51:21 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 31 15:57:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A very enjoyable read that made me miss my Wind Ensemble days.  The narrator and his Lidl are just so darn likeable that it's really hard not to get into the book.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43051910]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43051910]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="music" />
          <shelf name="memoir" />
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
          <shelf name="funny" />
          <shelf name="music-composition" />
          <shelf name="biography" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5073647</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>