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  <default_description>When his grandfather dies, Armon inherits the family home in Ronda, Spain, and finds himself trying to unravel the surreal conundrum his grandfather has left for him. Armon begins to remember his childhood art lessons, and gradually, as his grandfather's studio takes hold of him, he finds himself pulled, day by day, toward a most extraordinary elliptic link with his past. &lt;P&gt; Binding art and text in a narrative marriage, Nick Bantock takes us to the Forgetting Room, where he teases us through a tale of discovery, revenge, alchemy, and Moorish legend.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[The images and imagery provided by the words are beautiful. I put this book on my list of favorites because of what it did for my art. It opened me up in my art more then I can ever explain.<br/><br/>But I don't think what I got from it...is what most people reading the book would get out of it. T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14543062">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When his grandfather dies, Armon inherits the family home in Ronda, Spain, and finds himself trying to unravel the surreal conundrum his grandfather has left for him.  Armon begins to remember his childhood art lessons, and gradually, as his grandfather's studio takes hold of him he finds himself pu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40009748">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I got this book from a Goodwill store during Labor day weekend. I like Bantock’s combination of word and pictures. I read the Artful Dodger which has a small mention of TFR. I was a little bit disappointed. Griffin &amp; Sabine series got the full explanation. What’s unique about TFR is that Nick d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3175610">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Um, definitely a unique book - with 'pull-outs' (for lack of a better term) of what Armon found.<br/><br/>&quot;When his grandfather dies, Armon inherits the family home in Ronda, Spain, and finds himself trying to unravel the surreal conundrum his grandfather has left for him. Armon begins to rem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51191124">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would give this and other Bantock's books five stars if not for his 'Griffin and Sabine.' The first and the second book of the trilogy are so amazing that I feel the need to distinguish between them and everything else, even though everything else is also great. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was fortunate enough to hear Nick Bantock speak at the OAEA Conference.  He is an amazing visual artist as well as author.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[He is an artist as well as a writer, and I like how he marries them together. This is one of my favorites.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is just as compelling and beautiful as the Griffin &amp; Sabine correspondence series. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Unusual and interesting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this book years ago and have read or flipped through it many times since. I think it's my favorite Nick Bantock, a love of his books initiated naturally by the Griffin and Sabine series. His books, and this one in particular, make me want to imagine, create, and slip away into foreign worlds....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5894368">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has an interesting concept (a man inherits his artist grandfather's home and tries to understand puzzles left for him there) and Bantock does a good job making the first person narrative feel authentic, but the plot could use some tightening up. It doesn't feel like it really goes anywhere...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25051173">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is wonderfully strange, artistic (literally, there are collages throughout the book) and lyrical. Nick Bantock is a genius at creating surreal fiction. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to discover something new and artistic in fiction.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As an artist who's having a hard time fitting artwork into a busy schedule, I found this book very inspiring. I gave me the itch, and a need for a new commitment to my work! And the art's great to look at besides.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story itself is not what makes this book great.  I mean, the story is pretty good, but this book is a work of art even without the story.  It is full of beautiful images and colors and hidden surprises.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At the end of this book, I felt as though I had missed something (similarly to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Special Topics on Calamity Physics" title="Special Topics on Calamity Physics">Special Topics on Calamity Physics</a>).  This was the only detraction, though, from an otherwise beautifully done book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was cool... it was fun to see how an artist creates.  The story was really interesting too... very mysterious :)  There was one part that creeped me out though :)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very confusing story like the pages don't connect. If you've read the Griffin and Sabine stories and you're expecting something as original you'd better skip this one.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not his prettiest book in my opinion, but I liked his descriptions of collage making.  And the scene on the bridge was pleasantly shivery.]]></body>
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