{"id":3320,"date":"2009-01-27T13:57:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T18:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2009-02-24T18:36:07","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T23:36:07","slug":"0-fer-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/0-fer-part-2","title":{"rendered":"0-fer, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never read anything by John Updike \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2009\/01\/27\/books\/AP-Obit-Updike.html\" target=\"_blank\">who died of lung cancer today at 76<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d either. I hear those <em>Rabbit<\/em> novels are supposed to be good. Any recommendations?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never read anything by John Updike \u00e2\u20ac\u201d who died of lung cancer today at 76 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d either. I hear those Rabbit novels are supposed to be good. 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