John Dugdale

Scarred For Life

Until I Find You

By

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Coincidentally, on the day I finished reading this ludicrously bloated novel, an article appeared in a newspaper’s books section lamenting the demise of the old-fashioned editor in publishing, and arguing that first-time novelists suffer as a result. Irving’s latest suggests that big-name authors are harmed too: by the presumed impossibility of telling them a book is obese and/or misconceived.

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