<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="68682">
  <title><![CDATA[And the Ass Saw the Angel]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[1880985721]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9781880985724]]></isbn13>
  <work>
  <best-book-id type="integer">68682</best-book-id>
  <books-count type="integer">16</books-count>
  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;Cave&amp;#8217;s only novel to date takes on the southern gothic in this bizarre baroque tale. Born mute to a drunken mother and a demented father, tortured Euchrid Eucrow finds more compassion in the family mule than in his fellow men. But he alone will grasp the cruel fate of Cosey Mo, the beautiful young prostitute in the pink caravan on Hooper&amp;#8217;s Hill. And it is Euchrid, spiraling ever deeper into his mad angelic vision, who will ultimately redeem both the town and its people. &amp;#8220;Surprising, remarkable.&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212; The Atlanta Journal&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
  <id type="integer">1943660</id>
  <media-type nil="true"></media-type>
  <original-language-id type="integer" nil="true"></original-language-id>
  <original-publication-day type="integer" nil="true"></original-publication-day>
  <original-publication-month type="integer" nil="true"></original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">1989</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>And the Ass Saw the Angel</original-title>
  <rating-dist>total:907|5:329|4:344|3:170|2:49|1:15|</rating-dist>
  <ratings-count type="integer">907</ratings-count>
  <ratings-sum type="integer">3644</ratings-sum>
  <reviews-count type="integer">1325</reviews-count>
  <text-reviews-count type="integer">140</text-reviews-count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.02]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[715]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[110]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68682.And_the_Ass_Saw_the_Angel]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="38697">
      <name><![CDATA[Nick Cave]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/38697.Nick_Cave]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.96]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[1448]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[222]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <reviews start="1" end="20" total="1325">
    <review id="73392968">
  <user id="45618">
    <name><![CDATA[karen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Woodside, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45618-karen?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>16</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="creepy-children" />
        <shelf name="littry-fiction" />
        <shelf name="table" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 04 06:43:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 05 08:51:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[so i am going to review this one after all, because the book i am reading now will probably take me forever, and i dont want to get out of practice writing reviews that have nothing to do with the book. its a tricky skill, you understand,it must be honed. this may be one of my favorite books ever. i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73392968">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73392968?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="32660307">
  <user id="53674">
    <name><![CDATA[Alfonso]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Corona, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/53674-alfonso?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 11 20:00:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 22 20:59:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[To say that I’m giving this book 5 stars based on the fact of how much I enjoyed it, would be a lie.  The book had a really weak start and a pretty damn weak plot.   In my one, dumb, humble opinion the books is aiight.  Yes, here comes the big but…BUT! There were 2 things I fucking loved about t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32660307">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32660307?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="197921">
  <user id="12434">
    <name><![CDATA[Vanessa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12434-vanessa?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 08 09:12:23 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 21 07:28:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite novels. I have to recommend it with a string of caveats, however. The writing is gloriously, indulgently, and shamelessly overwrought. If you go in for clean, crisp prose, you'll probably hate this. It is also an incredibly grim book, but with a wicked and sometimes viciou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/197921">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/197921?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2817675">
  <user id="160319">
    <name><![CDATA[Seth]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rancho Santa Margarita, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/160319-seth-hahne?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="bookclub" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[no one with eyes]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 07 20:53:47 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 30 00:20:54 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[While not the worst book I've every had the displeasure of reading*, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Nick Cave" title="Nick Cave">Nick Cave</a>'s work here may be the worst that I've both read <em>and</em> finished. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Eragon" title="Eragon">Eragon</a></em>? Gave up with extreme prejudice. <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Da Vinci Code" title="Da Vinci Code">Da Vinci Code</a></em>? Accidentally left it in an airport bathroom in Denver with eleven pages left and did not care enough to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2817675">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2817675?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="42642336">
  <user id="1890619">
    <name><![CDATA[Haz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sydney, 02, Australia]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1890619-haz?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 10 21:30:23 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 10 22:13:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Like many I was drawn to this book by my fondness of the music career of it's author. I always thought of Cave as something as a poet, his best lyrics conjuring up unforgettable imagery and I wondered how it would fare extended into the context of a book.<br/><br/>The answer to me is adequately. T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42642336">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42642336?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="67383563">
  <user id="2153333">
    <name><![CDATA[Matthew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Perth, WA, Australia]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2153333-matthew-conaghan?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="on-the-road" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Nick Cave fans and people who enjoy indulgent writing and wordplay.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 14 10:07:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 16 14:53:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I borrowed this book from a friend to read on the plane on the way to America, but it took me a further 2 weeks after landing to finish it. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, but I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't be able to stomach it. The story itself is pretty weak, and it drags out more than necessar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67383563">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67383563?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="71968689">
  <user id="2193713">
    <name><![CDATA[Nell-lu]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Edinburgh, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2193713-nell-lu?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="2009_09_september" />
        <shelf name="borrowed" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 21 04:18:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 23 09:32:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up one exhausted evening and didn't make it past the prologue before giving up and finding some lighter reading. Of course, once I'd put it down, it was very hard to pick up again and I finally did so with a sigh and a sense of duty.<br/><br/>Well, hurrah for my sense of duty! <em>And th...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71968689">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71968689?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="34624695">
  <user id="267190">
    <name><![CDATA[C]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/267190-c?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 05 21:11:39 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 17 22:09:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book, a good old-fashioned Southern Gothic bloodbath, is actually enjoyable.  There's just too much of it.  When I interviewed Nick Cave, I asked him about it, and his first reply was that it needed an edit.  I agree.  The current published version is completely unedited.  1/3 of it could proba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34624695">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34624695?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="28030111">
  <user id="1355777">
    <name><![CDATA[Spencer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1355777-spencer?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 22 23:47:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 24 19:51:52 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Dark and brutal, yes, but not in the cheap sensational way most people would typically associate works described as such. It is brutal in places not because it wants to be but because it is the reality of the setting described. It is as a matter of fact.  The author is not looking for, or ignoring t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28030111">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28030111?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="27884587">
  <user id="1350377">
    <name><![CDATA[Tara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, CT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1350377-tara?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[readers  with intestinal fortitude]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 21 14:13:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 21 16:53:08 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[what i learned from this book: that among nick cave's favorite phrases, his absolute favorite (or most common during the late 80's) is &quot;at (his/her/its) hind,&quot; as in &quot;bit with a pole-axe raised at mah hind...ah knew exactly the nature of the thing that loomed at mah hind...the crowd f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27884587">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27884587?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="13162629">
  <user id="763249">
    <name><![CDATA[Mystique]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/763249-mystique?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="twisted-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 22 10:10:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 30 06:56:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Oh Nick, How I love thee...so much.<br/>The premise of the book has already been revealed, so to talk about my feelings on the book.<br/>Well, I find &quot;hillbilly fiction&quot; a hard thing to master without hitting the Wall of Trite.  Nick, my friend, you hit the wall.  Fortunately, there were...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13162629">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13162629?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="6018315">
  <user id="369529">
    <name><![CDATA[Roger]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Arvada, CO]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/369529-roger-dowd?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 10 19:13:26 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 10 20:45:59 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[OK, I need some objective feedback on this book.  I really liked the book, and I'm also a big fan of Nick Cave's music.  I can't decide if I liked it because:<br/>a.  I like Nick Cave<br/>b.  I was expecting a book written by a rocker (albeit a rocker as literate, original and non-mainstream as Ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6018315">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6018315?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="44429773">
  <user id="1390208">
    <name><![CDATA[Brent]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1390208-brent?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 26 13:39:27 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 06 06:34:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Nick Cave's novel was as entertaining as it was frustrating.  At times, reading it was tedious, however enough of his wit shined through that it was still something I am glad to have read.  The book was particularly enjoyable when it was moving the plot forward, particularly in scenes with Euchrid a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44429773">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44429773?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="32315469">
  <user id="1450311">
    <name><![CDATA[Benito]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sydney, Australia]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1450311-benito?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 08 00:19:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 03 19:22:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I know a lot of people get put off by the heavy going Faulkner-like semi-phonetic prose style, and the fact that the 'plot' is more a device to give the characters something to do and a little over the top, but this is very much a character driven novel, and a damn fine one at that.  Cave's pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32315469">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32315469?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57696931">
  <user id="1820314">
    <name><![CDATA[Libby]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Australia]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1820314-libby?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="madness" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 28 20:53:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 28 20:53:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this book with a dictionary at my side and by the end of it was wishing for a razorblade, no not for the purpose of self mutilation or to end it all because the book was so bad but to use as an editing tool. This brutal tale needed to have some layers sliced away for five star status. It was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57696931">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57696931?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="46196102">
  <user id="1849126">
    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Paul, MN]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1849126-andrew?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 12 18:17:55 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 12 18:19:14 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Take a Nick Cave song. Dark, twisted, humerous at times, often dealing with backwoodsy dangerous folk, lots of violence and lust - and stretch it, with quite a vocabulary, into a full novel. Not really like his screenplay The Proposition, but on a much darker, seedier path. For those who enjoy Will ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46196102">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46196102?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4157320">
  <user id="214508">
    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/214508-amy?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 06 11:11:14 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 06 11:18:53 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[As a disclaimer, I pretty much love Nick Cave. I loved the beginning of this book, but unfortunately I felt like things fell apart about midway through. A southern Gothic story about the mute Euchrid Eucrow and his struggles ranging from his raging alcoholic mother to being surrounding by a town of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4157320">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4157320?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="48548484">
  <user id="2058262">
    <name><![CDATA[Bosh]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Vancouver, BC, Canada]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2058262-bosh?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 07 17:53:45 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 07 17:56:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I love Nick Cave the musician, but apparently not Nick Cave the writer.  I expected great things from this, being a fan of the southern gothic genre as well as Cave's lyrics, but it's just too self-indulgently morbid with not enough plot to justify the filth and violence.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48548484?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10946982">
  <user id="82278">
    <name><![CDATA[Jacob]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hanoi, Viet Nam]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/82278-jacob?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="books-i-haven-t-read" />
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 24 01:50:38 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 20 00:58:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Nick Cave wrote a book? Yeah, he did. I bought this book for less than a dollar and I've read the first couple of pages several times but I'm not really sure what it's about other than the vague impression of something southern and something gothic and I think that's probably as far as I'll go with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10946982">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10946982?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="16845005">
  <user id="21286">
    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[94043, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/21286-andrew?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="never-again" />
        <shelf name="trying-hard-to-read-and-enjoy" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 02 14:09:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 15 07:18:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting book. Interesting because it's the only book I've never got more than 15 pages into on repeat attempts to read it. Maybe it's the faux southern dialect or just the plot and the way it's written, but a wave of tedium and, worse than that, uninterest overtakes me and forces me t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16845005">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16845005?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>