The Picquier poche edition has an intriguing foreword that not only backs up what you've said about the book, but it also makes me even more curious about this book.  I'll try to work it into my rotation over the next couple of weeks, as a break from Eco, Pavić, and Proust.
			
		
	
	
		Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
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			Your post intrigues me.  I will probably need to read Mencken.
	    
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			Re: Well, it takes some people months to get into it, so why not?  - 22/11/2011 05:29:47 AM
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			I found it at Abebooks for $15 total
	    
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			That's good
	    
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			Have you read any Pamuk?
	    
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			I've read My Name is Red and have The Black Book in Spanish translation
	    
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			Who is this Colson Whitehead
	    
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			One of the best American writers of the past decade
	    
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			No thank you
	    
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			I very rarely do myself
	    
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			I looked up this book the other day and then forgot time and again to reply to you.
	    
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