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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:29:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:41:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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          <body><![CDATA[Duncan's ability to tell a story already has him on my short list of favorite authors.  This collection of deep, whimsical, and everything in between thoughts cuts right to the core of all that I consider true in this world.  It was the perfect book for passing an afternoon on my sunny deck, and for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61943930">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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