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    <![CDATA[Galapagos]]>
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    <![CDATA[A small group of apocalypse survivors stranded on the Galapagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave new human race. &quot;Vonnegut is a post-modern Mark Train. . . . Galapagos is a madcap genealogical adventure&quot;.--New York Times Book Review.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Kurt Vonnegut]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a satire, apparently. What exactly is being satirised is not clear to me. And isn't satire supposed to be, you know, funny? One simple and not particularly exciting idea is stretched to over 250 pages via shameless padding and mind-numbing repetition. The irritatingly smug narrator keeps rem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58843669">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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