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  <default_description>Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Bellow's first novel documents Joseph's psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Saul Bellow]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The late Nobelist’s first novel—and the first of his I’ve read—<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9873.Dangling_Man" title="Dangling Man by Saul Bellow">Dangling Man</a> is a novel in the form of a personal journal. Written (by Bellow) a year or so after the period of the journal (by Joseph), the winter-spring of 1942-43, it recounts a young Chicagoan’s wait before being inducted i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34742542">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Stewart]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 31 09:42:10 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 09 17:01:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Try as I might, I’ve never connected with Saul Bellow’s prose. My first attempt was The Actual, his penultimate work, and his shortest. A few pages in and I was lost. Then, The Adventures Of Augie March, the novel that signalled his worth as a writer: after reading the opening page repeatedly, I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11340680">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45111309">
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  <date_added>Sun Feb 01 21:59:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 14 22:30:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saul Bellow's first published novel only bears a faint resemblance to Kafka, in that a bureaucratic problem informs the action. What this novel describes, actually, is a man forestalling a major decision. In short, Joseph, the narrator (the novel being his diary entries over the course of a few mont...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45111309">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47673414">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Beeville, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Not sure.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 27 04:47:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 24 12:21:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The entire time I was reading this novel, I felt like it was slightly beyond my grasp.  I got that it was trying to say something, but I didn't feel like I got the full extent of what it was trying to say.  This afternoon I read a short essay on it talking about French existentialism.  That was my &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47673414">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47673414]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4829729">
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    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 20 15:26:40 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 21 14:17:18 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is quite possibly the greatest book I've read all year. I'd been meaning to read Bellow for some time, but I doubt I would have gotten around to him anytime soon, if my wife hadn't recently acquired for me a sizable collection of Penguin Classics that someone didn't want anymore.<br/><br/>Dan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4829729">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4829729]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3122117">
    <user id="175635">
    <name><![CDATA[Trevor]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Melbourne, Victoria, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people recovering from political parties]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 16 04:21:12 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 16 04:34:35 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bellow is one of the strangest writers - it would be hard to say that I really like his writing.  I mean, it is beautifully put together, but as I'm reading his books I keep thinking to myself, 'I'm really not enjoying this'.  It is only once it is finished and months later I'm still thinking about ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3122117">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3122117]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="56674529">
    <user id="2333093">
    <name><![CDATA[Yeti]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dekalb, IL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 19 17:15:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 19 17:18:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bellow's first book written in the form of a diary. The self described &quot;dangling man&quot; is &quot;dangling&quot; because he is waiting on the draft (WW2). As bureaucracy takes its time summoning him to his patriotic duty, Bellow offers a tale about love, lust, family, economy, what it means t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56674529">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56674529]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="45095718">
    <user id="170882">
    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 01 19:33:58 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 01 19:42:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Existential Saul looks at a man in waiting (to go to war) and the idleness that becomes his life. This is written in diary form. It is interesting and portrays a glimpse into the psychology of those traversing through life with few objectives and few beliefs to follow.<br/>this is a story for those...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45095718">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45095718]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="44536978">
    <user id="104320">
    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 27 12:20:16 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 31 12:45:36 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Notes From the Underground 76 years later. Just as slow and Just as miserable. Existential, everything is pointless, day to day account of one mans life. I didn't study Dangling Man like I did Notes from the underground. I cant believe it won a nobel prize.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44536978]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="48193949">
    <user id="1238124">
    <name><![CDATA[Heat]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 04 04:43:35 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 25 12:53:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saul Bellow's first novel.  Written in diary/journal form.  It's about a young man without a job who is waiting for his draft number to be called.  He sits around all day long, slowly living his days through.  I am told this is an existential book.  I believe it is and if you like those types of boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48193949">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48193949]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="38407364">
    <user id="321786">
    <name><![CDATA[R.Joseph]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Easley, SC]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 22 16:15:27 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 22 16:18:57 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bellow captures the feeling many men feel but never talk about. Story is in diary form which makes it believable.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38407364]]></url>
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    <review id="43550505">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bee]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jan 19 01:40:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a little hard to read, but definitely worth while if you stick at it. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43550505]]></url>
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    <review id="44769707">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lobstergirl]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 29 12:01:41 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a huge Bellow fan, but I couldn't get into this one, his first novel.]]></body>
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    <review id="39853819">
    <user id="1690513">
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 11 06:00:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to put this down. I'll eventually get back to it. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39853819]]></url>
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    <review id="67436469">
    <user id="1455178">
    <name><![CDATA[CD ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bloomington, IL]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 14 18:21:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 14 18:21:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A to re-read entry as of mid August 2009.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67436469]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10536889">
    <user id="308664">
    <name><![CDATA[Brian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Denver, CO]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 16 21:02:09 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 16 21:09:29 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting psychological study of a man who can't self-actualize in the face of an oppressively looming geopolitical event threatening to swallow him.  Funny--having written that, I only now realize how thoroughly I identify with the main character... Might have to go back and take another look at ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10536889">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10536889]]></url>
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    <review id="2625093">
    <user id="166685">
    <name><![CDATA[Ted]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 02 08:06:34 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 02 08:06:34 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[bellow's first novel is not as brilliant as those written during his peak, but it shows flashes. most interesting to me were the traces of existentialism found herein, which can be seen in a better digested form in bellow's later work. [return:][return:]dangling man is very short, to the point that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2625093">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2625093]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="56594255">
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    <name><![CDATA[J.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting premise and relatively intriguing chain of events.  Joseph starts off interesting and I was wondering what he'd do with all his time, but in the end, he just seems like a whiner that overthinks all of life's basic demands.  He is spoiled, self-righteous, and unreliable as a narrator.  To...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56594255">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hated this book and never finished it. I'd bought it and I throw nothing out so years later when in my thirties I thought enough time had passed and I'd have another crack at it. Again, after not too many pages I packed it in. I can remember nothing about it. The worst thing is that there have bee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4691519">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another story of an unemployed young man (Joseph reminds me Whilhelm in “Seize the Day”, also by Bellow), his frustrations with life and his relationships with his wife and friends, now in Chicago, ending with his entrance into the army (World War II). The style (diary form) caused some missing ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19469723">more...</a>]]></body>
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