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  <title><![CDATA[Eye of the Needle]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt;One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: &quot;The Needle&quot; -- who holds the key to ultimate Nazi victory.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is beginning to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;All will come to a terrifying conclusion in Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous machinations of the human heart.&lt;/p&gt;This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1978</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ken Follett]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 20 05:30:53 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Carl Sandburg said (in another context) &quot;it pays to have a good forgettery.&quot; In this case, a good forgettery allowed me to reread Ken Follett's EYE OF THE NEEDLE (British title, STORM ISLAND) with every bit as much enjoyment as when I first read it 30 years ago. Also, having recently rerea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32363806">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 06 14:05:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 06 14:53:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Heinrich Faber is Jason Bourne before there was a Jason Bourne.  He is a great ani-hero.  The book is gritty and you have to keep in mind that you are in the world of the mid 1930s and 40s… to it can be painfully slow… It is not written in a “cool” American style with double back flips and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29443674">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49220558">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Every fan of World War II ]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 13 23:13:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 22:24:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[When Faber arrives at Storm Island near Aberdeen, he finds Lucy who lives with her crippled husband and is so very lonely,as her embittered husband has never touched her after marriage. Lucy then embarks on a relationship with Faber, although Faber really 'seems to come to love' someone for the very...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49220558">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73635142">
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    <location><![CDATA[Phoenixville, PA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 06 10:21:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 16 14:11:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ken Follett<br/>Eye of the Needle<br/>United States Arbor House Publishing Company 1978<br/>311 pp. price unknown<br/>ISBN unknown<br/><br/>The novel is Eye of the Needle By Ken Follett. He takes his time describing and setting up each character and ties it all together in the end. While the b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73635142">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70722075">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jo-Ann]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 10 09:24:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 15:36:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great thriller. It turns me half way to a Ken Follett fan: another good one would have done it. So, I guess it's time to check &quot;World without end&quot; out. Should I just buy one, instead of waiting on the long request queue.<br/><br/>From my reading the two books of his, it seems the Ken i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70722075">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22620729">
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  <date_added>Tue May 20 10:20:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 02 08:57:22 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very satisfying book.  Reminded me of drinking a glass of chocolate milk -- like I just enjoyed it so much I couldn't take a break until it was gone, and when I finished I was like, &quot;ah, that was good.&quot;  But I suspected somewhere deep down that it's junk-foodyness outweighed its nutritiona...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22620729">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50934946">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jude]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Diego, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 30 11:48:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 30 12:04:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book taught me that I was not immune to the charms of the &quot;anti hero.&quot;   Follett can make you forget everything he's just told you about a character that would make you detest him on so many levels; make you hope that he overcomes any obstacle to stand in the sun, and then yank you ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50934946">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62715023">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 08 20:07:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 04 22:43:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book!  I am not one for wartime spy novels, so this is my first and it could not have been a better suggestion, thank you so much, Lori!  I am finding out that I like historical fiction and this is a great book about a spy during WW2 and there is action and suspense and intensity and ev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62715023">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="359932">
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    <body><![CDATA[Spionage/Kriegsgeschichten sind nicht unbedingt meine bevorzugte Lektüre, aber an Ken Follett komm ich einfach nicht vorbei. Egal, welche Story, es bleibt immer spannend und fein zu lesen.]]></body>
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    <review id="51517262">
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    <body><![CDATA[Count me a Ken Follet fan. Though not up to the epic standards set by Pillars of the Earth, which was followed with an excellent sequel in World Without End, Eye of the Needle was a very entertaining read. Follet's ability to write fiction in historical settings is fantastic and probably my favorite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51517262">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28267018">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tom]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent espionage novel set in World War II.]]></body>
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    <review id="42939505">
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this paperback in Dubai and had it finished on my layover in Cologne (three days later).  It was a fantastic book.  A real page turner!  I needed a break from non fiction.  A lighter read.  It was the second Follett book I've read, the first being &quot;Pillars of the Earth.&quot;  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42939505">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71553231">
    <user id="1180977">
    <name><![CDATA[Kim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Sep 29 06:21:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a wonderful read, very taut, thrilling spy story.  Follet has a very distinct style, and, like Pillars, started out a little slow.  In fact, some very subtle references are in this book, precluding Pillars.  German spy, Faber, discovers the 'cover-up' behind the D-Day invasion in England du...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71553231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67209657">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tim]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Fri Aug 28 18:21:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[WOWSERS! This is, of course, the book that launched Ken Follett, and it;'s a doozey! Much different than the swweping epics of &quot;Pillars of the Earth&quot; and &quot;World Without End.&quot; I have read the former, preparing to read the latter, but have read &quot;The Third Twin (creepy) and &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67209657">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59592287">
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[After having read the Pillars by Ken Follett, I set about reading it with a lot of expectations, and was not disappointed.  However, I liked Anne Kuykendall's &quot;junk-foodyness&quot; judgement for parts of the novel. The novel would have attained literary greatness if not for a few unnecessary de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59592287">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75551412">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books is by Ken Follett, so when I have nothing available to read I know I'll be entertained.  This was historical fiction that was pretty interesting about WWII.  The main characters were a german spy and a british professor chasing him.  I didn't like how brutal the spy was.  It...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75551412">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Kim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 28 10:59:10 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty good-- reminded me of two other classic spy chase novels: Rogue Male and Day of the Jackal.  Not quite as good as either, though-- Follett is great at pacing and drawing the main characters, but he lays on the cheese pretty thick.  Especially towards the end, when the novel unexpectedly veers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52416940">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This ranks up there with the best thriller spy novels I've ever read - as good as Day of the Jackal.  It's Northern England, World War II, and there is a spy who has information which can cost the Allies D-Day, and perhaps the war.  He's on the run and MI-5 is close behind.  The characters are rich ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74902316">more...</a>]]></body>
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