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    <body><![CDATA[another amazing book by Poppy. Fell in love with this!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books. . .]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is probably the best of the Crow spin-off books. Poppy Z. Brite blends wonderful (though sometimes gruesome)imagery with  the tale of a brother and sister (the sister is a transsexual) and their lover, and the road to redemption against their killer. <br/><br/>Can be hard to read at times, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/884314">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in high school, but I actually remember thinking it was really good despite the fact that it's supposed to have something to do with the Crow.]]></body>
    
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