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    <body><![CDATA[I gave this book 5 stars based on how hard I laughed while reading--actually, listening.  I mention the listening, because I am convinced that listening is the key to enjoying this pithy little book.  It it one the wittiest treats I've ever read, and I was stunned when most of my book club rejected ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18911597">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A new (to me) series from an author I already enjoy.  Smith is the author of 'The Number One Ladies Detective Agency,' and his 'ouvre' is setting stories in, to him, exotic logations and having them live their everyday lives.  The stories are charming, in the best sense of the word.<br/><br/>The p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65691765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what to make of this book!  It was a very short, quick read and admittedly had some hilarious parts, but there was nothing about it that really compelled me to keep reading... other than the fact that I just wanted to finish it so that I could start my next book.<br/><br/>Each chapter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76819721">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It probably helps to be a college professor in the humanities (or be married to one) to get this series. The books in this series are short &quot;interludes&quot; that can be easily read in one plane flight. They tell the adventures of the imposing German Romance philogist Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64877854">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dr. Moritz-Maria von Ingelfeld falls prey to every possible vantity in academe.  Very funny.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[-#1 of the series-The one thing I like about this author is, his series are so different.  Sometimes authors start to produce works that are so similar, you feel like you have read the book before.  That is not the case with this author.  I have read several of the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30776313">more...</a>]]></body>
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