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  <title><![CDATA[Penguins Stopped Play: Eleven Village Cricketers Take on the World]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Harry Thompson]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 06 10:01:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really enjoyed this. Although sometimes the travel bits did get a bit dull, the hilarious cricket matches and writing made it so worthwhile. Very touching semi -biography too, I cried at the end before I even realised he was only a 45 year old non smoker!<br/>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Marie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 29 03:02:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 29 03:02:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As much as I enjoyed the book, I can't say 'I really liked it'. While the concept was appealing, many of the events engaging and the people diverse and interesting, I struggled with the descriptions of some of the cricket matches - purely because I don't find the sport too interesting. The author wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28590977">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 30 09:25:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 22 02:14:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has the ability to make you look very silly as you stifle a smirk on the bus so that people will not think you are mad - while reading on another joke makes you try and stifle the urge to laugh out loud causing snot to shoot from one's nose, making you look extemely silly! <br/><br/>Grea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50918384">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64898535">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 25 09:01:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 25 16:35:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Laugh out loud funny. Harry Thompson's very funny account of his love of cricket and his beloved Captain Scott's XI, the village team that took on the world. ]]></body>
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    <review id="63744178">
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    <name><![CDATA[Malcolm]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 16 12:07:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 16 12:08:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best (and only) cricket book I have ever read. ]]></body>
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    <review id="32975872">
    <user id="1450440">
    <name><![CDATA[Batz]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 15 20:59:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 27 19:12:01 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[struggling for motivation with this, despite theme of average bozos using cricket as a vehicle for adventure, something close to my heart.  too much cricket and smarty pants writing and not enough adventure.  maybe just the fact that english cricket and those who play it are pretty boring....so i fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32975872">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5435973">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 31 12:49:10 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 31 12:54:01 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i finished this book at work. i would recomend avoiding this mistake because if the ending doesnt bring a tear to your eye then you are probably dead. so funny i nearly got sectioned for laughing out loud in public!!]]></body>
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    <review id="1242495">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat May 26 06:33:02 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite possibly the funniest semi-autobiographical book I have read - not many books can make me laugh out loud on a crowded train.  <br/><br/>Even if you don't know much about cricket, it's still well worth a look!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Feb 17 13:32:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a great book.... how amusing...yet tinged throughout with sadness due to the knowledge of the final outcome...<br/><br/>Bravo... a wonderful book for anyone... not just cricket lovers.]]></body>
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    <review id="27642406">
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 18 12:49:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 18 12:50:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[amusing book about traveling with a group and the eccentricities of the characters and the headaches with individuals and how the effect the group]]></body>
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    <review id="6201642">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 18 23:27:56 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[You dont need to be a cricket fan to enjoy this, although it does use some cricketing terminology. Anyone who's traveled oversees will find laughs]]></body>
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    <review id="12226489">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Feb 07 08:43:55 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is so good - it made me cry. If you like cricket, comedy and always fall for the underdog, it's a must.]]></body>
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    <review id="27234051">
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot funnier than you'd expect, even for non cricket fans.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 12 13:57:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
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