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  <title><![CDATA[Killer Diller]]></title>
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  <default_description>&quot;Wonderful...Clyde Edgerton tells us another of his lovely tall tales.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Listre, North Carolina, is jumping. The Sears twins, Ted and Ned, who run a Baptist college, have opened Nutrition House for overweight Christians. Meanwhile their Project Promise is busy matching the educationally disadvantaged with wayward youth who want to share their talents. Enter Wesley Benfield, a prime candidate for Project Promise, with a special place in his heart for Baptist songwriting, preaching, and a wide, iron-pumping girl over at the Nutrition House. The Lord only knows where Wesley will go from here....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Paperback edition.&lt;/i&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1991</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Killer Diller</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Clyde Edgerton]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Killer Diller is a charming story about juvenile delinquents who receive acclaim through the band they create. What I liked about the story is the acceptance of their piano player who’s an autistic savant. It was nice reading a story about teens with a heart.]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Edgerton fans.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Nobody...just read some of Edgertons reviews.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jun 04 08:13:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book up until the end.  It was an enduring, funny story with previous characters &quot;Grandma&quot; &amp; Wesley returning.  However I was disappointed with the ending.  I found it left me with many unanswered questions.  It just felt incomplete.  Kind of like Edgerton forgot to write an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57764179">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jul 20 11:58:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as &quot;Walking Across Egypt&quot; but it was good to find out what happened to Wesley Benton and Miss Maddie.  Edgerton sure has a knack for writing physical comedy--I was laughing at the scene of  80+ yr old Miss Maddie swinging on the screen door to her porch in her bare feet.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Not my favorite Clyde Edgerton, but it'll do. He does have a knack for getting a certain segment of society down just right.<br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43253950]]></url>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 1991</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sequel to <strong><em>Walking Across Egypt</em></strong>.  Not as good.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49653395]]></url>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read for Evening Edition Book Club 11/2004]]></body>
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    <review id="42898570">
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    <body><![CDATA[A good sequal to Walking Across Egypt.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny Satire]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71972895]]></url>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story was based on my alma mater.  Classic stuff if you know the University.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20407942]]></url>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good follow-up to Walking Across Egypt]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11672899]]></url>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a terrible sequel!]]></body>
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