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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200840.Misfortune_A_Novel?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Misfortune: A Novel" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633086m/200840.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200840.Misfortune_A_Novel?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Misfortune: A Novel</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/117159.Wesley_Stace">Wesley Stace</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14584307?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>this is wordy, in the best way. i can see the dickens influence, in some cases actual dickens characters down back alleys and city streets. i can see the almodóvar influence and the two work very well together. misfortune, whose inspiration comes from a song, is not for everyone but if you like it at all you'll probably like it a lot. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/873818?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>