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  <title>&lt;![CDATA[Piercing]]&gt;</title>
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        <name><![CDATA[Ryu Murakami]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 28 18:28:10 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A novella really, a really quick and eerily great read.  Murakami returns to his 'Audition' (also film version) territory where creepy guy must be careful what he wishes for.  Flushing out the horror with psychological insight and horribly human back story, making the weirdos so much more real.  I love the dark stuff, and love it all the more when done well.<br/><br/>I recommend this to anyone who enjoyed Kirino's &quot;Out&quot;, though the tale is not as complex.  And further push newer readers beginning here with the &quot;Dark Murakami&quot; to check out &quot;<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14289.Coin_Locker_Babies" title="Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami">Coin Locker Babies</a>&quot; and the late 80's film 'Tokyo Decadence', which he also wrote.]]></body>
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