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Deception by Philip Roth
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Deception by Philip Roth
There’s something impressive yet still insubstantial in Roth’s work that is at its peak in this very slight book. I’ve read just about everything he wrote, and enjoyed them, but I’ve never been quite c[…]

NATION UNITES IN FAINTLY DUTIFUL REJOICING!
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NATION UNITES IN FAINTLY DUTIFUL REJOICING!: Good work our boys etc. etc., and it was all very exciting, but I have to say I can’t detect as yet the mass uplifting of the national spirit that some might have expected. Isabel and I went shopping[…]

The least welcoming, most alienating place I have ever eaten in London
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The least welcoming, most alienating place I have ever eaten in London is the top floor of the Oxford Street MacDonald’s (the branch near Borders). I missed lunch on Friday because of a meeting and didn’t get a chance to eat until 4PM, at[…]

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  1. Ugh. Well, I can provide some connection there -- the Hebrew words for "cow" and "fruit" do actually begin with…

  2. I think looking back at my posts in The Other Place during my lockdown re-read that it's got something to…

  3. I realize that the answer may well be "Sim made it up from nothing", but is there more detail (presumably…