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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 15 18:30:17 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[McGuane gets compared to Pynchon quite a bit, which I&#8217;ve never understood save perhaps the sheer madcap pace of language and witticisms, but whereas with Pynchon these come in bursts, with McGuane they&#8217;re pretty much sustained. Perhaps that&#8217;s why McGuane writes shorter books &mdash; you can only keep up that pace for so long, both as a writer and a reader. <em>The Bushwhacked Piano</em> remains one of my favorite books and this one is equally good, but somehow too much the same, the same tragic inevitability that makes <em>Piano</em> compelling occasionally strikes me a tedious here. But it&#8217;s still a fun short read, definitely worth while if you haven&#8217;t already]]></body>
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