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    <name><![CDATA[Yak]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 08:53:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A flawed but fascinating book about a concierge and a 12-year-old girl, both residing in a fancy hotel in Paris, both hiding their intellectual and educational superiority from the medicore people around them. At times it comes off like a typical smart but angsty teenager (&quot;everyone is a phony, stupid and blind to reality, whereas I can see!&quot;), but it's saved by humor and wittiness of the character's observations of other people and themselves. A really enjoyable read, even if you aren't familiar with most of the literature and philosophy the hypererudite characters refer to.]]></body>
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