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	Elbows, Knees & Ladyboys by John Able (Goodreads Author), John Able (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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John Able and 3 other people liked Frank Davis's review of Betrayals: "You can tell just from that manic blurb that this one is going to be hectic, every second sentence tries to summarise three more events that will take place in the story. Scanning other reviews here the general consensus is that there's too much goin" Read more of this review »
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John Able liked Kiera's review of The Beast of Jersey: "Strange book written by his wife, who has little regard for the victims, and paints him in a fairly wholesome light. There was a bizarre chapter on Gilles De Raus - at no point did Ted refer to himself as this earlier abuser. However, very interesting" Read more of this review »
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