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"Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter."

Gerald Brenan, English Writer

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"Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter."

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"There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual."

Catherine Drinker Bowen, American Writer

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Breyten Breytenbach, South African Writer

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Theophile Gautier, French Poet

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