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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:42:07 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[hate hate hate conrad. always have, and i guess i always will!! even though this was a spy book! ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:31:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was really depressing for a variety of reasons.  Dated gender politics, and a really overexposed American drama involving marital infidelity, broken dreams, useless religious damage and crippling alcoholism.<br/><br/>I guess I should also mention that I was really excited about this book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50290040">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:42:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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