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          <body><![CDATA[Finally got around to reading this and am glad I did. A third of the way through the book I was upset when I discovered that the central event of the book might have been lifted from some hackneyed episode of Law and Order, but it's where McEwan goes from there that makes all the difference. He's so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80209634">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[There were two or three things that I found off-putting about this book but other things that I liked so much that it sort of balanced out. Don't really need to go into specifics, suffice it to say I still intend to get caught up on Auster.]]></body>
        
    
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