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April 27, 2024, 01:15:20 pm

Author Topic: In case anyone despairs about how many classics they haven't read...  (Read 622 times)  Share 

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    ...James Delingpole argues there is no such thing as a must-read book:

   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4401990/Whisper-it-you-dont-need-to-have-read-John-Updike.html
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