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Very interesting convo!

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Enjoyable interview.

I hope to read The Sleepers. "A nineteenth century novel about the twenty-tens" sounds good. Copy ordered.

Funny to be older than you two, and to have spent the entire decade you talk about with my head down, working, with children at home. The then-contemporary culture was, in effect, nonexistent for me. I had most of the type of experiences you mention long before.

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appreciate it & let me know what you think when the book arrives

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I am copy editing my draft novel tonight. I’m about 60% done. These things take enormous amount of work. I have great respect for anyone who can even finish one.

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I read half of “A Disaffection” by Kelman two years ago, but just could never be bothered to pick it back up. Did I pick the wrong book, or did I just read it the wrong time?

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I would say How late it was, How late and The Busconducter Hines are well worth the effort

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