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  <title><![CDATA[In His Own Write]]></title>
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  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780684868073]]></isbn13>
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  <default_description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;B&gt;About The Awful&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was bored on the 9th of Octover 1940 when, I believe, the Nasties were still booming us led by  Madolf Heatlump (who only had one). Anyway they didn't get me. I attended to varicous schools in Liddypol. And still didn't pass -- much to my Aunties supplies. As a member of the most publified Beatles my (P, G, and R's) records might seem funnier to some of you than this book, but as far as I'm conceived this correction of short writty is the most wonderfoul larf I've every ready.&lt;P&gt;God help and breed you all.&lt;P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1960</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>In His Own Write</original_title>
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  <ratings_count><![CDATA[443]]></ratings_count>
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        <author id="19968">
      <name><![CDATA[John Lennon]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19968.John_Lennon]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[4.13]]></average_rating>
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    <review id="25214054">
    <user id="424062">
    <name><![CDATA[J.P.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Glen Ellyn, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
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      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[poetry fans, Beatles fans]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 23 10:51:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 23 11:09:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this title in a paperback &quot;two-fer&quot; edition back in the early 1990s.  It was sandwiched together with Lennon's other Beatles-era book, A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS.  Yoko, ever anxious to turn a buck off Lennon's legacy, has since reissued the two collections of nonsense verse and storie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25214054">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25214054]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="39993074">
    <user id="1789794">
    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Berkeley, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1789794-david]]></url>
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 12 21:05:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 12 21:55:36 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Irritating as hell. I gained nothing from John's &quot;Art&quot; writings. If John weren't a Beatle, this would have been laughed out of the editorial room of any publisher.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39993074]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="40166595">
    <user id="1805882">
    <name><![CDATA[Joe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 1978</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 15 13:50:33 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 19 11:21:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Twistedly Funny, The Smart Beatle shows his lighter side, It is hard to &quot;Imagine&quot; such mirthfull Little Vignets Comming from the mouth or mind of the man who once proclaimed His Band To be bigger than Jesus, Buts Just the point a truley brilliant mind is aware of his Insanity &amp; his Genius,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40166595">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40166595]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="14461009">
    <user id="816882">
    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wolves, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/816882-john]]></url>
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
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        <shelf name="music-and-art" />
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 03 13:30:48 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 13 13:58:24 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am a John Lennon fan... but this is complete crap.<br/><br/>If you think that this book is any good, I bet you like the cut and colour of the Emporers New Clothes too.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14461009]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8782275">
    <user id="117377">
    <name><![CDATA[Frederick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Huntington, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/117377-frederick]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Beatles Fans, Comedy Fans, Joyceans]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1973</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 06 23:59:39 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 07 00:14:17 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The prime mover of the Beatles wrote this and that is why it's still in print. It has its interesting points outside of the fact that it's John writing it: The wordplay is fun, the drawings are amusingly silly and Paul McCartney did a mirthful little preface.<br/>But, if you're looking for the lilt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8782275">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8782275]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8170346">
    <user id="390579">
    <name><![CDATA[Billy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/390579-billy]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
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      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Same people who went out and rented &quot;How I Won the War&quot;]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1991</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 24 05:47:09 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 24 06:08:34 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[When I was in grammar school I got VERY into the Beatles, including checking this out of the library.  It's a lot of cheeky nonsense based on mispellings birthing second-tier puns, from what very little I remember.  In fact, I recall so little about this and the followup book, &quot;A Spaniard in th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8170346">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8170346]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="41827004">
    <user id="1816752">
    <name><![CDATA[Tonya]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Melrose Park, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1816752-tonya]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
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      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[John Lennon fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 07:51:58 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 04 07:56:44 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[You have to really understand John Lennon to be able to read this book! It is very strange, yet funny and witty and if you are a fan of British dry humor, then this is a book for you.<br/><br/>This is a small book, 30 or so pages of poetry, short stories, and cartoons designed and written by John ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41827004">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41827004]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="50818161">
    <user id="1698041">
    <name><![CDATA[Margaret]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 29 11:43:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 29 11:46:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i thought this was crap when i first read it and i was about to mail it to my friend with an attached note &quot;see if you can understand a single word&quot;. then out of laziness i never actually made it to the post office and eventually reread it. it was very funny the second time around. my favo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50818161">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50818161]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="33210898">
    <user id="1542498">
    <name><![CDATA[Hamish]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Readers of unusual literature]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 18 17:56:55 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 18 20:53:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>2</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[<br/>This book is full of small gems.<br/><br/>It is short but dense, and not for the faint hearted or the easily distracted.  You need to take time to digest 'In his own write'.  <br/><br/>The collection is a mixture of prose and poetry written in the style of literary nonsense, Lennon was a f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33210898">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33210898]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49999212">
    <user id="2149427">
    <name><![CDATA[Ladykaydee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saddle River, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149427-ladykaydee]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 21 18:11:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 21 18:19:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[   I like this book because it's a different from most literature and therefore, breaks a lot of rules. It's a good piece of creative writing, and one that kept me laughing all the way through. I also enjoy the pictures. Any true Beatles fan will enjoy this witty read.<br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49999212]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="55376459">
    <user id="1779598">
    <name><![CDATA[Pete]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The Diggley Dell, Micronesia, Federated States of]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1969</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 08 09:49:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 08 09:56:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hey...forgot this one.  I surely must have read this back in the swinging sixties man.  No flies on Frank.  If you visit John's home in Menlove Avenue, go upstairs into his little bedroom, and there on the window ledge is a book of Lewis Carroll's nonsense. Say no more.   ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55376459]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="71770005">
    <user id="2719844">
    <name><![CDATA[Alexandra]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bakersfield, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2719844-alexandra]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 19 08:47:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 19 09:09:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved it, but it's certainly not for everyone. the whole book is back to front, nonsensical, whimsy wordplay, which I find delightful, but others may feel they're wasting their time. <br/>It's fun to read, and strangely reminiscint of Roald Dahl, in my opinion. <br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71770005]]></url>
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    <review id="77021068">
    <user id="2894261">
    <name><![CDATA[Barberry]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 07 11:53:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 17 12:21:14 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It is not easy to write a story, or a poem in the genre of literary nonsense, creating neologisms, applying inversion, tautology, phonetical effects etc., and balancing all the techniques in order to achieve an intended result... &quot;This correction of short writty&quot; is a nice, witty, funny bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77021068">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77021068]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="40289036">
    <user id="1779674">
    <name><![CDATA[Judith]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Merchantville, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1779674-judith-kristen]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[A Beatle Fan :)]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1964</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 17 05:33:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 17 05:35:06 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>dozens</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[<br/>John's way for the play on words is a riot... No Flies on Frank... Deaf Ted, Danoota and Me, and I sat Belonely are my favorites!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40289036]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="48485339">
    <user id="2101581">
    <name><![CDATA[Tammy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2101581-tammy-williams]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 06 22:50:58 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 06 22:52:28 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I remember Kakky Hargreaves as if it 'twer yestermorn']]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48485339]]></url>
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    <review id="70179722">
    <user id="2606255">
    <name><![CDATA[Sitatunga]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 05 14:51:34 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 05 14:52:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Right. Its in his - as is very comestibel for all to see]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70179722]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="68698372">
    <user id="1118704">
    <name><![CDATA[My]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[ Recife, Brazil]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1118704-my]]></url>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 1979</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 24 10:43:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 24 10:44:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Divertido como uma brincadeira de adolescentes]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68698372]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="58120858">
    <user id="2375025">
    <name><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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