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		<description><![CDATA[Graham Parke&#8217;s novel, No Hope For Gomez!, is an unusual read, and we&#8217;d expect nothing less from the 2008 winner of Broken Pencil&#8217;s Indie Deathmatch writing competition (his short story, &#8220;Amsterdam at Midnight&#8221; took the title). Without spoiling the plot too much, here&#8217;s the back-cover summary of the action: &#8220;Boy meets girl. Boy stalks girl. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crackbooks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6908173&amp;post=183&amp;subd=crackbooks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O&#8217;Neill My rating: 4 of 5 stars Just finished Heather O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s Lullabies for Little Criminals last night and wanted to get a few impressions down. 1. A 13-year old heroin junkie? Call me naïve if you must, but somehow, I wasn&#8217;t buying this. Also&#8230; [SPOILER ALER!] 2. I *really* [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crackbooks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6908173&amp;post=178&amp;subd=crackbooks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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