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Considering his first 20... Larry Send a noteboard - 26/01/2012 09:30:10 PM
that Tom really loathes Chekhov and considers him massively overrated.


I'd say collectively he comes ahead of Sholokhov, which I know he doesn't care all that much for, based on previous conversation about Quiet Flows the Don (which I'll be reviewing in March, it seems).
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Re: I can come up with 75 without any problem - 27/01/2012 12:02:55 AM 874 Views
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