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    <body><![CDATA[Just because I'm a print guy I figured I owed it to the history of the novel to read the book on which the movie is based. (If only the history of the novel would have been kind enough to thank me). As other posters note, the big surprise here is that much of what we think of as Buck Henry's wit in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11996002">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;<em>...koo-koo-ka-choo Miss-us Rob-in-son...dee dee dee dee doo doo doo doo doo...wo, wo, wo...</em><br/><br/>This book is pointless and inane, but I had to satisfy my curiosity.  The best thing I can say about it is that it's short.  I might have given it 2 stars if it actually had an ending. ANY ki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74519339">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what to make of this book.  <br/><br/>Benjamin Braddock, recent college graduate, returns home and becomes a slacker, mooch, and motherlover.  He covered himself in glory while he was in school, but once school was over, he lost his drive.<br/><br/>I know there is a bit of depressio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71792295">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Young Benjamin Braddock finishes school and then realizes he doesn't know what he wants to do with his life. He struggles with this angst for all of twenty pages before his father's partner's wife makes a pass at him, an affair from which he progresses to the daughter and a madcap race for love and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53379321">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ever been disappointed with a movie after reading the book?  This is the exact opposite--this book is exactly like the movie.  It might as well have been the script with the names taken out.  This was ok--but I found it a rather unnecessary read---the movie has completely eclipsed this thing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Er...what just happened?<br/><br/>I'm not sure what I read except to say that Benjamin is one of the whiniest characters I have ever come across. Everyone seems to go with his flow for no reason. He is an enormous baby.<br/><br/>I give it two stars as it did not keep me in agony for long, becaus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72283793">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the worst books I've ever read in my life. &quot;Why is that,&quot; you may ask. Maybe because the characters never use question marks. Maybe because Benjamin is the biggest, most boring brat in the universe. Maybe because Elaine is the most unfleshed-out character I've ever had the misfortun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75788223">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, good Lord. All I can say is that the popularity of the movie is clearly based on attractive, skilled actors and a good soundtrack. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[3.5 stars.  Better that I expected given the many negative reviews posted here.  The main character is reminiscent of Salinger’s Holden Caulfield (Catcher in the Rye) but simply a bit older and spoiled.  I’ve yet to watch the movie so I can’t speak to the opinion of the many who say the movie ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41986220">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rebel with the Blahs<br/><br/>Of course I've seen the movie.  I liked it more when I was younger.  I read a critical article of the film version of The Graduate in a serious film study journal, and gained a better appreciation for the film.  Well, I don't care how isolated he feels I cannot sympat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17981743">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read that Charles Webb was coming out with a sequel to his 1963 classic, The Graduate (later turned into the classic movie by the same name). I saw the movie a long time ago, but had never read the book. So, I thought I'd check it out before reading the new one, Home School, which takes place 10 y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11047336">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Happy birthday movie version of The Graduate! 40 years this week!<br/>I read this book after randomly  finding it in a used book pile in college, and little did I know it would change my life.  The Graduate really helped me come to terms with all the sordid affairs I'd had with older women, especia...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6061391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I love The Graduate (1967) directed by Mike Nichols and scored with the wonderful music from Simon and Garfunkle. Young Dustin Hoffman will forever be Benjamin Braddock just as Anne Bancroft will forever be Mrs. Robinson.<br/><br/>I've had a copy of Charles Webb's book on my shelf for about two y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5770467">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an easy read for me. I was in college when I read this novel after seeing the equally successful film on TV rerun. I was able to relate few years after when I had a short affair with an officemate 15 years my senior. However, there was no Elaine that ended the short affair. We just got tire...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54872211">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have seen the movie, then there is little point in reading the book because the storyline is basically the same.  <br/><br/>The main character comes across as a stalker and therefore this book was rather weird and depressing.  (Something I have thought about the movie, too.)<br/><br/>(The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67346114">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[read it about the same time as the film and thought it well put together. I like the minimal style, the dialogue. Probably seem a bit stilted now, too hippy, but back then it spoke to me, man! I was 16. I read another Webb as well on the strength of this, what was it?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The movie is so true to the book!  Benjamin Braddock, in my opinion, is a huge d-bag.  I wish I could get perspective on what any of the characters are thinking, but alas, not a one of their thoughts or motivations are delved into.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this at 20 and was shocked and upset. I read this again a 40 and couldn't stop laughing. Too bad Charles Webb never came up with anything comparable. I can't think of another novel that had the same effect on me. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Believe it or not, I actually never saw this movie before reading this book.  Thank you, Mom, for never getting cable when we were growing up.  Even movies from 1960 can seem like new releases to me now!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So I think I got through the first ten pages. My advice: it reads like a screenplay so just watch the movie. Dialouge and discriptions are word for word. Or atleast for those first 10.]]></body>
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