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McCarthy's Bard

Advantages: Some fun
Disadvantages: Less verse

...Having been a John Hegley fan for many years, ever since his first tentative steps onto television, followed by a little slot at an anti-whaling rally in Trafalgar Square (of all things), theediscerning is ever keen on seeing new books by him in the libra ...

theediscerning 08.10.2003 · Read full review
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Review of The Sound of Paint Drying - John Hegley

Message In A Throttle

Advantages: An education - highly informative - Orwellian styled anecdotes
Disadvantages: Passionate to say it mildly

...Notes from the author from each section: "The first section, on Love, is chiefly devoted to literary criticism and to essays on those I regard as upholding the gold standard here. The "Poverty" chapters are chiefly concerned with my hatred and ...

1st2thebar 21.06.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Love, Poverty and War - Christopher Hitchens