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    <body><![CDATA[Richard Burton is as hard as nails. A poor lad who leaves Wales and takes on the world.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How many times have we all ignore certain talents , thinking<br/>that those attributes would be everlasting . Everybody<br/>loves the party and it's great to be the life of it. We<br/>cherish monetary security in hopes it solves all our woes .<br/>Does the fiddler have to be paid in tragedy for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13355606">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first 100 pages were tough to get through. After that the relationship with Elizabeth Taylor pulls you in. I sad story of a tortured soul.]]></body>
    
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