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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:32:53 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very powerful novel written from the close first-person view of &quot;Bone&quot; the Bastard girl who endures and survives a tough upbringing among her Boatwright kin who are looked upon as beneath others in their S. Carolina town, the trashiest of the trash. The men drink, philander and go in and o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73902928">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:36:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[In “There’s Something Wrong with Sven,” Gerke offers readers an eclectic collection of stories. At times they’re dark and sobering, but more often they’re packed with humor and absurdity. Plus, there’s lots of sex and twisted thinking going on with Gerke’s entertaining cast of characte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78282216">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:24:50 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[In his debut collection, Kyle Minor displays serious writing chops and a real talent for developing strong stories with memorable themes and characters that resonate beyond their reading. <br/><br/>“In the Devil’s Territory” is composed of four traditional-length shorts and two novella-lengt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73902982">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:05:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Tue, 05 May 2009 11:06:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Price's latest is the story of a mugging gone fatal, a botched investigation, and life on the street from all points of view. Cinematic and sparse, it's a briskly paced read that's interesting and compelling but doesn't fully engage the reader--part screenplay part novel...]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:27:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A very fun read. Incredibly hip and voicey--too much at times but wtf... Also, interesting historical info on the political and cultural history of the Dominican Republic and the DR immigrant experience in the U.S. Thumbs up for Diaz's incredible writing, although the storyline and characters aren't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53625104">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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