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  <title><![CDATA[Funeral Rites]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;Genet's sensual and brutal portrait of World War II unfolds between the poles of his grief for his lover Jean, killed in the  Resistance during the liberation of Paris, and his perverse attraction to the collaborator Riton. Elegaic, macabre, chimerical, Funeral Rites is a dark meditation on the mirror images of love and hate, sex and death.&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1953</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jean Genet]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 04 21:21:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 12 14:23:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>One</u><br/><br/>It's been a good 10+ years since I've read any Genet, so we'll see how this goes. (This better be fuckin' good, Gottlieb.)<br/><br/><u>Two</u><br/><br/>Genet was one horny son-of-a-bitch. The only male character in this novel without strong arms, muscular buttocks, and a heavy penis seem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34549000">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Apr 23 20:54:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 23 20:58:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[a lot of men asked me about this book while i was reading it.  i got called into jury duty in richmond and had to sit in a large, freezing waiting area with 40 other people.  one of which, was this guy who decided to pass the time by sitting next to women and trying to chat them up a bit with sweet ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20847403">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23701830">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bryan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 04 12:53:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 06 13:58:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the great works of twentieth century literature.  Does anyone know why the Bernard Frechtman translation is abridged, omitting crucial scenes?  I have the Black Cat press version, published '69, maybe the Grove Press rectifies the wrong.<br/><br/>Genet's life project was to lift the poision...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23701830">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="9699257">
    <user id="647275">
    <name><![CDATA[James]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 29 02:14:44 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 10 21:57:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mourning is the gesture of recognition to the collapse of a lesser solar system. Genet is a shape shifter and this novel is a map of those people affected by, or related to the death of his lover. In order to cope with his grief, he imagines the interiors of the cast of souls related to the departed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9699257">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="6450835">
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    <name><![CDATA[Larry]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 19 12:48:53 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 19 12:51:09 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book while in college it was a part of two different classes.One was prison lit the other was gay lit. Seeing that i went to a Catholic college and both classes were taught by nuns I was shocked.An interesting book but very dark indeed.]]></body>
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    <review id="78356022">
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 19 15:06:37 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 19 15:08:39 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i know i know.  finally i've read another book.  and well.  this book was quite easy to read in a short time and a terrific book to read alone at a bar.  actually, probably the only way to read this book.  so if you've got some of that kind of time on your hands and want to read some excellent prose...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78356022">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="46169694">
    <user id="2018375">
    <name><![CDATA[Benjamin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 12 13:16:35 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 12 13:19:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Genet's lament for a dead lover told during the final days of Nazi occupation of Paris.  The story winds its way in and out of fantasy in dreamlike ways, obsessed with eros and thanatos: the imagery is captivating and uncanny.  Genet was a convicted murderer and avowed homosexual  so not for all tas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46169694">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46169694]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="72123343">
    <user id="1152828">
    <name><![CDATA[RK]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Danville, VA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 22 10:32:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 22 10:33:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this guy is ONE SICK DUDE! i'm gonna keep reading him, tho. he's good.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72123343]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="27226999">
    <user id="534016">
    <name><![CDATA[tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/534016-tentatively-a-convenience]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1975</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 14 12:32:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 14 12:38:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As I so often write here, it's been a long time since I read this.  Nonetheless, it's a no-brainer that Genet is, for me, a very important writer.  There was a time when I lived in an apartment w/ only 8 key bks.  &quot;Funeral Rites&quot;, or something else by Genet, was one of them.  The clear thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27226999">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27226999]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="29004070">
    <user id="268389">
    <name><![CDATA[*heartrl*]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 01 14:42:03 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 21 07:50:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[His writing is amazing and beautiful, but the subject is really over dramatic and boring. I felt like I was reading a child's journals re-written by an old pervert, or maybe an old pervert's journal re-written by a young adult with a depressive disorder. Either way, I sort of liked it- ish. I wish t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29004070">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29004070]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4675902">
    <user id="286088">
    <name><![CDATA[Fred]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 16 22:00:50 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 16 22:03:43 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[didn't finish this one, but i plan to come back to it soon. the story didn't really grab me, but there's definitely something there... i wish i could be more specific but i guess i can't. also, the translation is amazing. i don't speak french, but i've rarely read a translation that is such confiden...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4675902">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4675902]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8682434">
    <user id="133661">
    <name><![CDATA[Tosh]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 04 23:01:38 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 24 02:22:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One can't get better then Genet.  A heartbreaking book on one hand and yet a reflection on the nature of evil on the other.   Love is important in Genet's world, but it is also a journey of sorts from the darkest part of the heart to the other side.  If you can get to the other side that is...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8682434]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="56939792">
    <user id="1108123">
    <name><![CDATA[Bettie ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[on the cusp of the orust riviera, Sweden]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 22 04:21:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 06 03:27:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Condition: Used - Good<br/>Sold by: net-treasure (seller profile)	£0.01<br/><br/>My cover is not here on GR<br/><br/><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/vimsig/pic/000fze9s/s320x240" class="escapedImg"/>]]></body>
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    <review id="21829949">
    <user id="988059">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sonoma, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/988059-michael-miley]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed May 07 20:47:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 07 20:49:08 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most disturbing books I've ever read. I'll have to sit down and describe my encounter with Genet through the half dozen or so books of his that I've read.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21829949]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="33574785">
    <user id="778070">
    <name><![CDATA[Donald]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 09 19:01:26 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 22 19:51:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 09 19:01:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it, wait twenty years and read it again. Brilliant. This book is vital, sublime, this book is  perfect.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33574785]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11059221">
    <user id="537989">
    <name><![CDATA[Daniel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 26 19:57:25 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 18:33:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little self-indulgent on Genet's part, but as usual, some beautiful prose and erotic power.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11059221]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18258381">
    <user id="1009929">
    <name><![CDATA[Wm]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Moscow, TN]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 20 21:28:00 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 20 21:28:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book difficult to grasp and remain focused on. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18258381]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="17641715">
    <user id="989388">
    <name><![CDATA[Christoper]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 12 20:00:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 12 20:00:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Knocked my socks off. Wish I could have read it in French. ]]></body>
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