false 359846 M Brooklyn, NY 09/2007 12/2009 23 109 108 true 5710861 read 1 true 750423 currently-reading 0 true 750422 to-read Kaputt (New York Review Books Classics) by Curzio Malaparte]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81403021 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094638s/138428.jpg 359846 Carl http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/359846-carl Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:30:45 -0800 Girl in Landscape: A Novel (Paperback) by Jonathan Lethem]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80861605 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649492s/16719.jpg 359846 Carl http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/359846-carl Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:30:10 -0800 The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? (Hardcover) by Padgett Powell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80071388 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256090966s/6601408.jpg 359846 Carl http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/359846-carl Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:51:46 -0800 The Quick and the Dead (Hardcover) by Joy Williams]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79215551 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190666999s/1943562.jpg 359846 Carl http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/359846-carl Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:56:26 -0800 Legacy of Ashes: the History of the CIA (Hardcover) by Tim Weiner]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77539380 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179895055s/970488.jpg 359846 Carl http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/359846-carl Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:42:39 -0800 Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Hardcover) by Gabriel García Márquez]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77352972 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1229969638s/674155.jpg 359846 Carl http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/359846-carl Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:33:38 -0800 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover) by Junot Díaz]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76929802 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571633s/297673.jpg 359846 Carl http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/359846-carl Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:53:03 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76831194 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594732s/195606.jpg 359846 Carl http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/359846-carl Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:28:21 -0800 Sydney wrote: "only three stars? please explain."

Well, it's just not as good as Wittgenstein's Mistress, which I loved. It seemed to come from the same place but without the... uh... je ne sais quoi. I don't know, sure, let's call it 4 stars then. My only crime was to compare Markson with himself instead of comparing him with the whole.
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