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    <body><![CDATA[The first of these two novellas, The Judge and His Hangman, is excellent. Reads like one of the best noirs I've ever seen. Just a masterful translation. The second is decent, though more play-like and has less of the landscape descriptions that make the first so enjoyable. On this latter point, I wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36011293">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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