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  <title><![CDATA[Rare Birds]]></title>
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  <default_description>Now a Major Motion Picture from Lions Gate Films, Starring William Hurt, Molly Parker and Andy Jones&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dave Purcell is ready to call it quits on his marriage and his restaurant, The Auk. His wife has left for a posting at a Washington D.C. think tank and the restaurant, built on a remote cliff on Push Cove, Newfoundland, never really took off. Dave spends his days consuming the rare delights of his well-stocked wine cellar and larder. All seems lost until Dave&amp;#8217;s neighbour, Alphonse Murphy, comes up with an ingenious scheme to save The Auk.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2002</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The librarian, upon seeing this book in my hands recommended a DVD to me, which I think I might now have to watch. This is the story of a Newfoundland gourmet cook, Dave, trying to make a go of it in a small town called Push Cove. His restaurant is about to go under and so his slightly crazed friend...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3400353">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny quirky light read about some humourously flawed characters and an unpredictable plot.  From rare bird sightings to submarines, it has it all.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick, enjoyable read. Dave is a deliciously flawed character, and Phonse's schemes and paranoias are brilliant and hilarious. Gourmet food may not fill a dream restaurant in Newfoundland, but a rare bird sighting certainly will. May you and your projects never attract the attention of the Winneba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26735205">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read with some truly funny moments.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An ok read, a bit quirky, love the cover.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[oddly interesting. Supposed to be a movie as well. Set in Nfld where a native Newfoundlander tries to keep afloat her upscale resturant in a small ouport town, capitalizing on rare bird sightings bringing in customers. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good book, but the movie is even better.  I read the book after seeing the movie, so I didn't enjoy the book as much as I would have otherwise.  Do one or the other.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a few years and I could probably do with re-reading Rare Birds, but I really enjoyed it at the time.  Very funny!]]></body>
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