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    <about><![CDATA[I am an ex marketing consultant now writer. I am currently writing a novel entitled &quot;Black Friday.&quot; I have two web sites, one for serialising my own books and another called luberon-info which gives cultural information about the Luberon area in the south of France where I now live.]]></about>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6781728-fear-and-trembling">Fear and Trembling</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3047730.Amelie_Nothomb">Amelie Nothomb</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:11:14 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this for my book club. It was suggested by a French member. Northomb is apparently one of 'the' current French authors. I liked this book which is based on her experiences working for a Japanese corporation which are quite horrific and amusing at the same time. It is a novella rather than a n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20read%20this%20for%20my%20book%20club.%20It%20was%20suggested%20by%20a%20French%20member.%20Northomb%20is%20apparently%20one%20of%20'the'%20current%20French%20authors.%20I%20liked%20this%20book%20which%20is%20based%20on%20her%20experiences%20working%20for%20a%20Japanese%20corporation%20which%20are%20quite%20horrific%20and%20amusing%20at%20the%20same%20time.%20It%20is%20a%20novella%20rather%20than%20a%20novel%20and%20I%20think%20is%20worth%20reading%20as%20much%20as%20anything%20for%20%20the%20light%20it%20shines%20on%20how%20Japanese%20society%20functions%20and%20why,%20perhaps,%20%20all%20the%20great%20new%20ideas%20have%20come%20from%20elsewhere.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:03:39 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this autobiography of Philip Roth to find out what 'the facts' of his life were as opposed to the version he presents via Zuckerman et al. It is fascinating for what it tells us of Roth's life, as well as for what it doesn't tell (a lot). He starts it off with a letter to Zuckerman and ends i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20read%20this%20autobiography%20of%20Philip%20Roth%20to%20find%20out%20what%20'the%20facts'%20of%20his%20life%20were%20as%20opposed%20to%20the%20version%20he%20presents%20via%20Zuckerman%20et%20al.%20It%20is%20fascinating%20for%20what%20it%20tells%20us%20of%20Roth's%20life,%20as%20well%20as%20for%20what%20it%20doesn't%20tell%20(a%20lot).%20He%20starts%20it%20off%20with%20a%20letter%20to%20Zuckerman%20and%20ends%20it%20with%20a%20letter%20from%20Zuckerman,%20his%20alter%20ego,%20who%20doesn't,%20in%20this%20case,%20let%20Roth%20get%20off%20the%20hook%20lightly.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11734.The_Human_Stain">The Human Stain (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/463.Philip_Roth">Philip Roth</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:58:31 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[For me Roth is perhaps the greatest living writer and the greatest chronicler of the human condition. It is a fabulous picture of 20th century US society both from the black point of view and the white. Instead of the Jewish story we get a vivid portrayal of life in the small black community in New ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/For%20me%20Roth%20is%20perhaps%20the%20greatest%20living%20writer%20and%20the%20greatest%20chronicler%20of%20the%20human%20condition.%20It%20is%20a%20fabulous%20picture%20of%2020th%20century%20US%20society%20both%20from%20the%20black%20point%20of%20view%20and%20the%20white.%20Instead%20of%20the%20Jewish%20story%20we%20get%20a%20vivid%20portrayal%20of%20life%20in%20the%20small%20black%20community%20in%20New%20Jersey;%20of%20life%20in%20Greenwich%20Village%20after%20the%20war;%20of%20small%20town%20Wasp%20campus%20life;%20of%20the%20Vietnam%20war%20and%20%20how%20it%20destroyed%20people%E2%80%99s%20lives.%20It%20is%20a%20critique%20of%20political%20correctness%20in%20all%20its%20forms%20and%20of%20the%20puritanism%20that%20led%20to%20the%20impeachment%20of%20Clinton%20both%20of%20which%20are%20responsible%20for%20the%20downfall%20of%20the%20main%20charcater%20in%20this%20book.%20A%20masterpiece%0D%0A%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9742.The_Audacity_of_Hope_Thoughts_on_Reclaiming_the_American_Dream">The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6356.Barack_Obama">Barack Obama</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:24:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[THis is a much more political and philosophical book than his first and  I am taking it in small bites]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88061.Dreams_from_My_Father">Dreams from My Father (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6356.Barack_Obama">Barack Obama</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:21:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I didn't dare read this before the election but what a wonderful book; beautifully written full of insight. It gives one hope for the future.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/393060.The_Post_Birthday_World">The Post-Birthday World (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45922.Lionel_Shriver">Lionel Shriver</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:18:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Of course nothing can live up to Kevin but it is still an excellently written and sad book]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80660.We_Need_to_Talk_About_Kevin_A_Novel">We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel (P.S.)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45922.Lionel_Shriver">Lionel Shriver</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:15:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was absolutely blwon away by this book as I am sure everyone else is who reads it. This story about how an adolescent boy kills nine people in his school told from the point of view of his mother is an absolute tour de force and explores the nature or nurture issue better than any  work of non fic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20was%20absolutely%20blwon%20away%20by%20this%20book%20as%20I%20am%20sure%20everyone%20else%20is%20who%20reads%20it.%20This%20story%20about%20how%20an%20adolescent%20boy%20kills%20nine%20people%20in%20his%20school%20told%20from%20the%20point%20of%20view%20of%20his%20mother%20is%20an%20absolute%20tour%20de%20force%20and%20explores%20the%20nature%20or%20nurture%20issue%20better%20than%20any%20%20work%20of%20non%20fiction%20in%20my%20opinion%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5211.A_Fine_Balance">A Fine Balance (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3539.Rohinton_Mistry">Rohinton Mistry</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:11:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I started reading this at a difficult time of my life and didn't finish it as it seemed very depressing. I will try it again as I loved his other two books]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3711.White_Teeth">White Teeth (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2522.Zadie_Smith">Zadie Smith</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:03:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[When I read this when it first came out seven years ago I laughed like a drain all the way through. Zadie Smith manages to create a wonderfully humorous world amongst the immigrant communities of London both Asian and Black and shows what it is like for the second generation growing up in the modern...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/When%20I%20read%20this%20when%20it%20first%20came%20out%20seven%20years%20ago%20I%20laughed%20like%20a%20drain%20all%20the%20way%20through.%20Zadie%20Smith%20manages%20to%20create%20a%20wonderfully%20humorous%20world%20amongst%20the%20immigrant%20communities%20of%20London%20both%20Asian%20and%20Black%20and%20shows%20what%20it%20is%20like%20for%20the%20second%20generation%20growing%20up%20in%20the%20modern%20%20world.%20A%20really%20amazing%20first%20novel,%20her%20best%20so%20far.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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