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    <body><![CDATA[Of the four books of his I've read so far, I have to say that this one is the most realized and the most well-written (best-written?); but I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as I enjoyed <em>Closer</em> and <em>Frisk</em>.<br/>Maybe I've already become jaded on his heroin-addicted youth + semi-lecherous paedophile sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22346945">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had some really good parts but overall left me a little irritated and unsatisfied. The writing was a little sloppier than other of his works containing more than usual amount of &quot;like,&quot; and &quot;um,' and also tons of unnecessary parentheses. Also the drag queen character Cricket...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79917333">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Third of the 5 novels in the &quot;George Miles cycle&quot; (reading them in order) and so far each has been better than the last.  Cooper once again does an extreme close-up of activities that are pretty much taboo in mainstream fiction, as if he has swept up everything that has been sanitized out ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58812781">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely one of the most brave authors alive.  This stuff is edgy and full of violent gay sex, and also brilliant.  Try is my second fav of Coopers.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[totally fucked up shit, like not only is there sex with children, but sex with dead children. so be prepared to have your judgments messed with. despite the frenetic language, there is a cool, distant tone that makes everything ok. annoying at first, but eventually got into the energy. i am constant...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31406282">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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