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    <![CDATA[Two Girls Fat and Thin]]>
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    <![CDATA[Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of &quot;Because They Wanted To&quot;, this captivating novel shimmers with dark intensity and wicked wit. In a stunning synthesis of eroticism, rage, pathos, and humor, Gaitskill's &quot;fine storyteller's pace and brilliant metaphors&quot; (&quot;The New York Times Book Review&quot;) create a haunting and unforgettable journey into the dark side of contemporary life and the deepest recesses of the soul.]]>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the first 3 pages of this book, i was ready to put it down. I found the prose self-consciously disinterested, the metaphors forced, and the characters unlikable. However, I had promised a good friend I would read it so I kept on. About page 20 the book got into a great rhythm. The narrators dual ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6852242">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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