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    <![CDATA[Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality.  With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wise and painful book, it speaks of authenticity and home and loss, how we convince ourselves to make irrevocable mistakes and how these choices harden in us and reveal themselves to strangers.  I hope it continues to be as beautiful.  <br/><br/>This is a book I want to own and make room for.  I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20747102">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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