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  <read_at>Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 08 14:00:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 08 14:06:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bruce Benderson is onto himself. That's what makes him smarter and more attractive as an author than many others. I picked this up after reading his non-fiction book &quot;The Romanian&quot;  which I like better than this novel so far. His voice is aggressive and gooey, the stuff of gay sex clubs and hypodermic crime in the 90's in New York. In that way, his book is like a cozy dear friend from that era when needles and junk were served up with Nirvana and vintage lace slips. His novel reminds me of other well known confrontational queer male writers of the time, like David Wojnarowitz. Still, there are sentences that are sublime. That's probably why he's with Plume.]]></body>
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