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    <![CDATA[Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p> The well-meaning protagonists of <em>Brief Encounters with Che Guevara</em> are caught&#8212;to both disastrous and hilarious effect&#8212;in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A dynamite short story collection that has been racking up awards--PEN/Hemingway, B&amp;N Discover Great New Writers series, Whiting Award--and deservedly so. The book lives up to its hype; there's not a clunker in the bunch, and Fountain pulls no punches in letting his characters explore the possibilit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19061415">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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