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    <![CDATA[McSweeney's Issue 28]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;In eight illustrated books, elegantly held together in a single beribboned case, McSweeney’s 28 explores the state of the fable—those astute and irreducible allegories one doesn’t see so much anymore in our strange new age, when everyone is wild for the latest parable or apologue but can’t find time for anything else. Featuring fable-length work by Daniel Alarcón, Sheila Heti, and Nathan Englander, and different illustrators for each piece, McSweeney’s 28 promises to offer many nights’ worth of fine reading.<br/>&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Dave Eggers]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like McSweeney's, and I love the packaging of this issue, and in theory the idea of it is terrific—that is to &quot;resurrect and reinvent the art of the fable.&quot;<br/><br/>I think the reality is that the eight stories are moderately entertaining, but I feel slightly unsatisfied. As if I were only just getting started yet had already reached the end. I feel like the issue is missing having at least one slightly more substantial story in the mix.]]></body>
    
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