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For Me, As A Beginning Novelist, All Other Living Writers Form A Control Group For Whom The World Is A Placebo.
-Nicholson Baker
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For Me, As A Beginning
Nicholson Baker
For Me, As A Beginning Novelist, All Other Living Writers Form A Control Group For Whom The World Is A Placebo.
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