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    <updated_at>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:59:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[nah fair enough.  I stopped reading him when &quot;his thing&quot; became &quot;his shtick.&quot;  Kafka on the Shore was weak!  And his devotees are super annoying.  But I do love Hard-Boiled Wonderland.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 26 May 2008 03:54:11 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 26 May 2008 03:53:59 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 26 May 2008 03:53:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[this review is actually intended for the new translation by that celebrity translation couple, for some reason couldn't find it on goodreads.  anyway, hadn't read it since high school.  surprise surprise, it's still good.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:21:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I had been waiting for a long time to read the book. It was a page turner, peopled by overachieving <em>kalbi</em> eaters (my kind of people), full of sex, and ultimately... not all that. Actually it was kind of weak. Maybe it's me, but major plotlines involving getting internships while in business school (...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15112648">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:03:53 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The author of this book was the subject of the book &quot;Mr. China&quot; which is one of the so-called classics in the foreign-guy-doing-business-in-China genre. Jack Perkowski's book is surprisingly well (ghost)written and entertaining, with an account of eating deer penis to boot. My full review ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15112689">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:04:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[tender indeed.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[you shall, my child.  ]]></body>
        
    
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