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    <![CDATA[The Information]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>When Richard Tull, frustrated, failed novelist invited to tour America with this oldest friend, internationally bestselling novelist Gwyn Barry, to record the event, his envy and humiliation are complete.  He sets out to gather the information that will destroy his best friend and pull his career down around his ears.  Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the, both men are being watched by a psychopathic ex-con and a young thug who have staked out their homes--watching their wives, watching Richard's small boys, the twins--waiting until the time is right...</p>]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Martin Amis]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I was a bit worn out by the end of it, I still think this is a great book. Language is in play, that’s for sure—I haven’t had to use the dictionary so much while reading since the last time I read Nabokov. Amis did go a bit over the top at times, almost like he used Richard’s state ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20179739">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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