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conversations.value: What is a description for a book titled Never Saw It Coming about Toronto, LINWOOD, BARCLAY with the genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense?
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conversations.value: LINWOOD BARCLAY, former columnist for the Toronto Star , is the #1 international bestselling author of nine critically acclaimed novels, including The Accident , Never Look Away , and No Time for Goodbye , which has been optioned for film. He lives near Toronto with his wife and has two grown children.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What is the first three paragraphs for this book? End with the sentence ' You could zero in right down to the roof vents on the skyscrapers.'.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Never Saw It Coming
  It was hard to find the single bed pushed up against one wall, it was so buried with paper. It was like vandals had gone on a rampage at the National Geographic headquarters. I wondered how many fire codes were being violated. Between this room and the map-plastered hall, all someone had to do was wander through with a lit candle and this place would go up in smoke in seconds.
  I had to admit, it was a pretty amazing Web site. Ten years ago I couldn't have imagined anything like this.
  Once you were there, you basically had the world at your fingertips. You picked a spot anywhere on the globe and initially viewed the location from above, either in a traditional map form, or in satellite mode, as though you were suspended in the sky. You could zero in right down to the roof vents on the skyscrapers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What is five more paragraphs?
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conversations.value: She's pretty sure she's alone right now in the apartment she shares with Courtney Walmers, who has the bedroom. Unless you found some place that was rent-controlled, there was no way you could live in this city by yourself, certainly not on what a waitress made. Courtney has an office job, down on Wall Street, so she's out of the apartment by eight. Allison usually starts her shift around five. Sometimes, if Courtney's able to sneak home from work early, they'll actually see each other for five minutes.
  Oh, she earns her money, Allison does. She just doesn't have enough of it. She's paid only half her share of the rent the last three months. Hasn't replaced anything in the fridge. Tells Courtney she'll pay her back when she can.
  She makes way more money than Allison, and for what? Sitting on her butt in a nice cushy chair in front of a computer all day, doing trades, making money for other people. Allison doesn't even understand half of what it is her roommate does.
  Things really escalated after Allison's call home a couple of months ago. Allison, talking to her mom back in Dayton, telling her the Big Apple wasn't quite everything she'd hoped it would be.
  Allison sensed her mother brightening on the other end of the line. "Who?" she asked excitedly. "Tell me all about him."
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conversations.value: Reverse the sentences.
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conversations.value: ". "Tell me all about him. "Who?" she asked excitedly.
  Allison sensed her mother brightening on the other end of the line. Allison, talking to her mom back in Dayton, telling her the Big Apple wasn't quite everything she'd hoped it would be.
  Things really escalated after Allison's call home a couple of months ago. Allison doesn't even understand half of what it is her roommate does.
  She makes way more money than Allison, and for what? Sitting on her butt in a nice cushy chair in front of a computer all day, doing trades, making money for other people. Tells Courtney she'll pay her back when she can. Hasn't replaced anything in the fridge. She's paid only half her share of the rent the last three months. She just doesn't have enough of it.
  Oh, she earns her money, Allison does. Sometimes, if Courtney's able to sneak home from work early, they'll actually see each other for five minutes. Allison usually starts her shift around five. Courtney has an office job, down on Wall Street, so she's out of the apartment by eight. Unless you found some place that was rent-controlled, there was no way you could live in this city by yourself, certainly not on what a waitress made.She's pretty sure she's alone right now in the apartment she shares with Courtney Walmers, who has the bedroom
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What is the last four paragraphs? End with the sentence '
  Allison is glad she hasn't already called her mother, because there may be another solution to her cash flow problem.'.
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conversations.value: Her mouth drops open in stunned silence as a reporter standing on the sidewalk outside some downtown office building says, "Expected to be a formidable challenger to the incumbent governor, Morris Sawchuck, seen here with his wife, Bridget, is perceived as being much stronger on law and order issues, and has made no secret that he would like to see a return to more traditional values—it's a major plank in his campaign platform—although he has not said exactly how he could go about restoring them if he's elected governor. He's said to have some very powerful people working behind the scenes for him, including the former vice president of the United States. Back to you—"
  She turns off the set and stares into space for a moment, trying to take it all in. She still has the image in her head, of the couple getting out of the back of a town car, waving to supporters, going into a building to give a speech or something.
  She puts both hands on her head, runs her fingers out through her shoulder-length black hair, and lets out a very long breath.
  Allison is glad she hasn't already called her mother, because there may be another solution to her cash flow problem.