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Earthly Powers

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Anthony Burgess's epic masterpiece follows the lives of two men who each represent different kinds of earthly power. Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist, a man who has outlived his contemporaries to survive into luxurious old age as a celebrity of dubious notoriety. Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, who rises through the Vatican as a subtle negotiator and shrewd manip...more

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Published May 6th 2004 by Vintage Classics (first published 1980)

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Feb 21, 2013 Paul rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: really-terrible-novels

Some people really like this big old thing. But it was yet another in the tedious catalogue of huge masculine overbearing egomaniacal penis novels about a Big Man like, say, I the Supreme or Illywacker or Gould's Book of Fish or The Book of Evidence or Mein Kampf - boy, there's a lot of em. And it's the egomaniac's voice who narrates it. So you volunteer to have the guy bending your inner ear for page after page and no break. Maybe some readers channel their inner masochist and lie back and wall...more

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Jan 03, 2009 Leftbanker rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: novels, all-time-favorites

This book is sort of a fictitious pastiche on the life of William Somerset Maugham; at least that was my take on it. I still remember the sadness I felt when I finished reading this for the first time, not because of the narrative, but because I couldn’t keep on reading this incredibly epic story. I no longer have my hardback addition but I remember writing down the date on the last page when I first finished Earthly Powers, and then doing it again the second time I finished it.

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Aug 22, 2012 Abby rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A monumental novel, currently out of print, that has stuck in my mind for thirty years as an all-time favorite but needed to be reread to remind me why. An octogenarian British writer, asked to attest to a miracle that will support canonization of a Pope writes his memoirs, giving us a personal tour of the 20th-century through his life as a homosexual, lapsed Catholic, successful but mediocre writer, and exile. Examines morality, the nature of evil, the role of religious belief and more. Linguis...more

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May 13, 2013 Leon rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

'Crowded, crammed, bursting with manic erudition, garlicky puns, omnilingual jokes...which meshes the real and personalised history of the twentieth century' - Martin Amis. Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. These two men are linked not only by family ties but by a common understanding of mankind's frailties. In

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May 16, 2012 Cary Barney rated it 3 of 5 stars

I picked this up at a paperback swap a few years ago and it gathered dust on my shelf until I finally got to it a few weeks ago, in the mood for something big and sprawling and beautifully written. You can count on Burgess for that; his prose is second to Nabokov's for invention, wit, delight, even if its density sometimes makes for slow going. "Earthly Powers" attempts to pack in the entire 20th century, mingling its fictional characters with real ones, moving from one semi-historical set piece...more I picked this up at a paperback swap a few years ago and it gathered dust on my shelf until I finally got to it a few weeks ago, in the mood for something big and sprawling and beautifully written. You can count on Burgess for that; his prose is second to Nabokov's for invention, wit, delight, even if its density sometimes makes for slow going. "Earthly Powers" attempts to pack in the entire 20th century, mingling its fictional characters with real ones, moving from one semi-historical set piece to another as its characters globe-trot (and improbably, if amusingly, keep meeting up with one another). Its narrative voice, belonging to eminent homosexual novelist Kenneth Toomey, is sometimes wickedly catty, sometimes droll, sometimes majestically dignified. But despite its vast sweep and richness of character and detail, the novel as a whole doesn't leave a very deep impression, though many individual episodes and scenes certainly do.

Toward the end Toomey confesses to having difficulty with endings, and if this is a disguised confession on Burgess' part it's very apt. (That mistakenly restored final chapter of "A Clockwork Orange" is a case in point.) Here, having crammed his huge novel with one incident after another, Burgess seems at a bit of a loss in the last hundred pages or so, with the story approaching what was then the modern day, as to how to bring it all to a head. He finally does with a surprisingly hackneyed, thinly disguised rendition of a horrifying historical event, recent at the time of the book's composition (I won't spoil it, but once Godfrey Manning enters the narrative you'll see it coming) and a surprise revelation that is supposed to knock you as flat as it does the protagonist. It doesn't.

The reason it doesn't has to do, finally, with the very old fashioned, rather silly running debate on the nature of evil between Toomey and his sister's brother-in-law Carlo, a prelate destined for the papacy. Toomey is described early on as an atheist, but he's really a very conflicted Catholic. Inasmuch as his homosexuality is in conflict with church doctrine, this remains very timely; I wonder what Andrew Sullivan thinks of this book. But despite some barbed observations on Vatican politics the book is ultimately conservative and respectful. This limits its power and relevance for non-Catholic readers like myself, and probably for most Catholics as well, except for those who still are hung up on the literal existence of Beelzebub. At times the book's theological argument descends to the level of "The Exorcist" (with incidents to match), and yet Burgess seems to want us to take it seriously.

Still, enough of the 700 pages of "Earthly Powers" is engaging and enjoyable. Read it for the hilarious showbiz anecdotes, from the West End to Hollywood to La Scala, and for the powerful scenes in fascist Italy. Here, as often enough elsewhere, Burgess shines as a master of narrative, with every tiny detail adding to the fullness of the scenes. If the novel falters toward the end, well, not many novelists would have been able to bring something like this off, anyhow.

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Aug 31, 2011 Fungus Gnat rated it 5 of 5 stars

An elderly, homosexual British Catholic writer, living in Malta, tells the story of his life, which is closely linked to that of a Catholic prelate who eventually becomes Pope and who, having died, is eligible for canonization. Ken Toomey, the writer, hobnobbed with other expatriate literati on the Continent and was affected by, and sometimes affected, some of the great trends and events of the 20th century, including the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy, the second world war, the effloresce...more An elderly, homosexual British Catholic writer, living in Malta, tells the story of his life, which is closely linked to that of a Catholic prelate who eventually becomes Pope and who, having died, is eligible for canonization. Ken Toomey, the writer, hobnobbed with other expatriate literati on the Continent and was affected by, and sometimes affected, some of the great trends and events of the 20th century, including the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy, the second world war, the efflorescence of African nationalism, and the battles over free publication of controversial works.

Toomey’s, and Burgess’s, chief concern is the problem of evil over the course of the century. The prelate departs from Christian orthodoxy in believing man to be good at birth and in blaming the devil for evil. Toomey might have been devout but for his sexual orientation, which the Church cannot accept. The novel is largely the working out of Toomey’s own view of evil in light of the actions of the Church and the beliefs of the prelate. (view spoiler)

Earthly Powers is written in an entertainingly black-comic style. Toomey’s voice is archly droll, but can be deadly acerbic when he is so moved. A true Renaissance man of letters (despite the popular nature of his own output), he fills his “memoir” with allusions that kept me consulting a large stack of reference works, as well as with references to his own uncertainties of recall. In fact, there is a certain self-conscious literariness to this work, and those who like their novels filled with warm, realistic characters ripe for book group discussion should perhaps avoid it. Myself, I can take my Burgess along with my Tyler and not mind.

The book is, by my standards, long (300K words, or 649 pages), but I did not feel bogged down for any length of time, though there were some chapter sequences that seemed less compelling than others. I do not include among those some digressions from the main story thread, e.g., a sermon by the prelate, a gay rewrite of the Garden of Eden story by Toomey, which I found entertaining and relevant to the issues under consideration.

(Incidentally, Amazon’s lists of works cited omits one that is discussed fairly prominently, The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall.)
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Jun 01, 2011 Lily Bart rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Just as Bela Lugosi will forever be known as Dracula, and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster, so Anthony Burgess will forever be known as the author of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Alex casts a long shadow!

Nevertheless, take this book on its own terms and read honestly, and you will find that by and large it stinks on its own merits. Burgess has a sense of humor and can talk entertainingly about literature, history, and religion. But that's about it. Emotionally this book is a galactic void. Toomey...more Just as Bela Lugosi will forever be known as Dracula, and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster, so Anthony Burgess will forever be known as the author of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Alex casts a long shadow!

Nevertheless, take this book on its own terms and read honestly, and you will find that by and large it stinks on its own merits. Burgess has a sense of humor and can talk entertainingly about literature, history, and religion. But that's about it. Emotionally this book is a galactic void. Toomey is a non-character with no real emotions, needs, values, aspirations, or even resentments. He's a homosexual before political correctness who regards his own sexual preference with disgust and dismisses all of his lovers with a sneer -- except one young doctor who dies conveniently before they can get it on.

Mostly this book just drifts from one wisecrack to the next. To the extent that Burgess takes anything seriously he seems to be writing some sort of extended tribute to the Catholic church. But this is propaganda, not art. Burgess never once tackles the horrendous failures of the church, in the ancient world, the medieval world, or in modern times. He has no interest in the Crusades, the Inquisition, or the African slave trade. He pretends to be appalled by the crimes of the Nazis, but takes plenty of cheap shots at Jews in Hollywood, in the theater, in the literary world, and so on. He has nothing to say about Catholic anti-Semitism, or racism, or the church's twisted attitude towards sex or towards the female sex. He fudges the record on every occasion, showing his priest hero "defying" the Nazis when both the Church leadership and the vast majority of Catholics in Europe were either apathetic or openly sided with the Nazis. And needless to say, for all the hero's disgust with homosexuality, he never so much as hints at the existence of sexual deviants within the Church itself.

EARTHLY POWERS is a big, sloppy book by a man who knows he's lying and knows he can get away with it. Because his friends are a lot more powerful than his enemies.

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Mar 05, 2013 Tim rated it 2 of 5 stars

Low-brow high-brow.

I'm not ashamed to say (OK, actually I am, a little bit) that the narrator of "Earthly Powers" and its author are far too clever for me. I couldn't get through this story of an aging writer, his escapades throughout the 20th century and a man he knows who would be pope. The writing is sharp but best appreciated, I fear, by that insufferable elitist guy you meet at parties who irritates you with his knowledge, self-love and command of many languages. The latter trait I do not h...more

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Sep 02, 2011 Andrew rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: top-five, reviewed

One of my top five my favourite books, Earthly Powers is, above all, a compelling bit of storytelling. A sprawling, multi-generational tale that follows the protagonist's life from teenager to octogenarian and includes a number of real people such as Churchill and James Joyce. It is essentially the 20th Century distilled through the eyes of its' protagonist—who is cynical, but a humanist at heart. It's the fictional autobiography of a gay, expatriate English novelist now living in Malta. It open...more

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Jun 21, 2010 Melelani rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

re-reading a first edition now. i remember thinking this book was the most interesting, epic, intelligent book when i read it back in high school... we'll see what i think ten years later.

Well, I'd probably still give it a lot of stars, very interesting, certainly entertaining, but maybe not as satisfying as I remember.

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Mar 17, 2012 Susetyo Priyojati rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is (rather) famous for its opening sentence, and the promising first peep did not disappoint me. As one author once noted (was it Twain?) a good fiction has neat machinery that does not show. I fail to dissect the techniques that make the story flow in such a controlled tempo - and it's probably the better for it.
There are whole chapters on theological musings, sermons, discussions on Art (the butcher's boy), etc. that I don't really care about - but perhaps are necessary to give the w...more

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Aug 13, 2011 Derek Bridge rated it 5 of 5 stars

Can a man write as a woman? An adult as a child? Black as white? Or, as in this novel, straight as gay?

Well, only partially successfully if this is anything to go by. But it doesn't matter.

This is a tour de force. The account of 80 years of life, drawing heavily on the author's own, intersecting with the major events and some of the major characters of the twentieth century. The life of Kenneth M. Toomey. A man with a dicky heart - just one of the many jokes - a heart condition, and a heart that...more

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Apr 25, 2013 J.W. rated it 5 of 5 stars

I rarely write reviews but I feel that this book warrants breaking habit. For a book that runs 650 pages, not once did Earthly Powers become a chore. The most incredible thing about this book isn't that it flows for 650 pages with no stutter, it's not the perfectly-timed, respectfully delivered sucker punches, it's not the fact that the man has delivered a history of the 20th Century (on both a personal and wider scale).

The most impressive, incredible thing for me about this book is that no mat...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Tristan Fielding rated it 5 of 5 stars

this is a weightly novel that narrowly missed winning the Booker Prize. It incorporates a beautiful relationship between the narrator and another man, but this is only part of a much bigger story. The narrator is a little like somerset Maugham, but with Burgess's witty Joycean use of language. it also has just about the best opening line ever, even better than Rebecca: It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite wehn Ali announced that the archbishop had c...more

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Sep 30, 2012 Chamberk rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: europe, religion

This is a hell of a book.

It took me about two and a half months to read, even though it's not one of the longest books I've read. That's cause this sucker is DENSE - no book for someone looking for an easy read.

The narrator, Kenneth Toomey, is a British novelist, now in his eighties, looking back over his life. Despite the fact that he is openly homosexual, officials from the Catholic Church want him to write for them - an account about the recently deceased pope, Gregory XVII, or Carlo Campanat...more

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Jul 30, 2009 James rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, gay, favorites, booker-short-list

"It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."

Earthly Powers is the linchpin of Anthony Burgess' novel-writing career. It is a massive work that compares favorably with similar tomes of twentieth century literature. What sets Burgess apart from other authors is his linguistic playfulness combined with an exceptional narrative style. Although this style is here somewhat less obviously experimental t...more "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."

Earthly Powers is the linchpin of Anthony Burgess' novel-writing career. It is a massive work that compares favorably with similar tomes of twentieth century literature. What sets Burgess apart from other authors is his linguistic playfulness combined with an exceptional narrative style. Although this style is here somewhat less obviously experimental than that of Burgess’s other novels of this period, his use of a professional story teller as a first-person narrator allows him to call into the question the nature of authority in fictional texts. The narrative becomes a retrospective account of a life spent as an outsider. Within that account, Burgess locates his protagonist,Toomey, at some key moments of twentieth century history in order, it seems, to comment on those issues which consistently surface in all of Burgess’s fiction, particularly the nature of evil and its presence in the physical world. The novel attempts to address issues of belief, and the role of religion in late twentieth century culture, using a broad cast of characters, fictional and real; it is not, however, a roman à clef. Though often mentioned in reviews of this novel, the identification of Toomey with Somerset Maugham fails to recognise that Toomey is a portmanteau of many characters. He contains hints of Maugham, certainly, but there are suggestions of, to name a few, Alec Waugh in the precocious young novelist; of P. G. Wodehouse in the broadcaster from Berlin; of W. H. Auden in the rescuer of a Nobel laureate’s offspring; and of Burgess himself, the author of a real Blooms of Dublin. Burgess ability to meld this amalgam of characters into his protagonist reminds me of another favorite novel, The New Confessions by William Boyd, in which the author uses a similar technique to create a tremendously exciting and interesting protagonist. Throughout the novel, the emphasis is on the debate about the nature of evil rather than on the accuracy or otherwise of the references to twentieth century figures. The novel examines at length the nature of belief, the way in which people cope with an imperfect world, and the operation of evil and suffering. In doing so it succeeds in presenting a distinctive and compelling view of the twentieth century through the life of Toomey. It is both a challenging and rewarding read that I would recommend to all.(less)

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Jan 26, 2008 Chris rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

Earthly Powers is the story of Kenneth Toomey, a middlebrow English author, and Carlo Campanati, a priest and exorcist, as told by Toomey. The story covers most of the twentieth century, featuring members of the Toomey and Campanati families alongside a cavalclade of historical figures. The narrative thrives on the comic and tragic effects of intertwined lives and unintended consequences. Highlights in the comic vein include Toomey's ability to refute a small part of Joyce's recreation of June 1...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Daniel Mcbrearty rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is one of the most provocative and thought provoking books that I ever read. Burgess offers a kind of dissection of the 20th century and its ideas, through the eyes of an elderly gay author, writing about his old friend, a recently deceased pope.

Using this device, he manages to offer a view on about 60 years of history, from Britain around the First World War to the US in the 1970's. In the process, he pulls apart and question so many contemporary religious and moral ideas, it makes your h...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Iana rated it 5 of 5 stars

A provocative and entertaining journey through the (mostly Western) 20th century via the life of the narrator, a second-rate gay British writer. We get it all - James joyce, the Empire, fascism, nazism, world wars, civil rights movements, Hollywood, post-colonial Africa, religious sects... and the coming out of homosexuality. Wouldn't say it's profound but it's great fun - "fun" probably also being a 20th Century invention. A forgotten classic novel.

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Jul 06, 2010 Rob Woodard rated it 4 of 5 stars

A massive novel written in the form of quasi-memoir of a fictional Maugham-like author who is taking in totality of his life from old age. A fascinating literary romp thru the 20th century, which features many famous personages as characters. Overall I'd say this book is probably a little too ambitious, but it's still a very effective work. Recommended for anyone interested in 20th century European literature or Burgess' work. Great stuff.

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Mar 23, 2012 Jonathan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Widely regarded as Burgess's most accomplished novel, and it's easy to see why. The narrative voice, from that famous first line onwards, keeps you occupied with a rich mixture of longing, moral confusion and bitchiness. In the meantime, Burgess gradually unfurls a tapestry of the 20th century, all the while edging things closer to his big moral question: can good ever come of evil? Top of his game: an utter pleasure.

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Feb 18, 2012 J. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: five-star

Shooting for the moon, knowing it would fall back to earth, this is Burgess at the height of his considerable powers, spinning a lopsided globe with one hand and, well, trying not to laugh too hard. The impossibly lofty account of civilization's status, set in an inauspicious moment, at the end of the twentieth century.

Haven't read since it was first published, but on the eve of a re-read -- an easy five stars.

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Dec 31, 2012 Jill rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Shelves: modern-novels

A massive book. I was very sad when I finished it, it felt like saying goodbye to an old friend.

This book is almost unique in its descriptions of music. Burgess has succeeded in writing about classical music in a way which makes it possible to visualise what the music is like. I particularly enjoyed these passages because I lost my hearing in early childhood and have no memories of any music.

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Sep 06, 2011 Philip Lane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A real tour-de-force with main characters travelling the globe, and getting involved in major world events. We have both world wars, Hollywood, inside the Vatican, Maylasia, private gambling in Monte Carlo, exorcism, gorgonzola cheese and so on. Lots of heart searching regarding sexuality and religion. I like a nice thick book to get stuck into - only drawback - the language got a bit pretentious at times but then the narrator is supposed to be an old-fashined novelist.

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Apr 20, 2009 Joe is currently reading it

I'm loving getting back inside Burgess' seemy world - most of his books seem to be closely entwined with real biographical events. The word 'micturate' has already shown up twice - an AB favourite. Definitely literary fiction - a book about an author who's livelihood is caught up with writing a watered-down version of reallife events. Smaller and closer circles every time with AB...

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Mar 30, 2013 Paul rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

One of the truly great opening lines & one of my favourite books. I've recommended this book to American friends who have also fallen in love with this masterpiece; of course some of it appears esoteric and some classical alluions need to be researched but isn't that what makes an emlightening and exhilarating read? Along with Greene's 'Power & the Glory' this book truly does have an impact beyond the uusal book, with some of the dialogue truly glittering. A masterpiece and the book Burg...more

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Jul 29, 2010 Faith Bradham rated it 3 of 5 stars

Honestly, I thought I would never finish Earthly Powers. While I admire Anthony Burgess immensely as an author, this book was extraordinarily slow and dense. I read it unbelievably slowly, and could only handle less than 50 pages a sitting before having to put it down. The slowness is intentional, I think, but is still hard to handle.

One thing I did absolutely adore about Earthly Powers was the language. Anthony Burgess manipulated the English language fantastically, in a happiness-making way....more

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Feb 06, 2013 Frederick Aspbury rated it 5 of 5 stars

Simply the greatest novel ever written. Full of witty linguistic and etymological puns as well as deep philosophical insight. From the opening line you know you're i for a treat. It goes something like:
'It was the morning of my 81st birthday and I was lying in bed with my catamite when Ali came in to say the Archbishop was here to see me.'

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Jan 31, 2010 Dan rated it 5 of 5 stars

One of the best first sentences I've had the pleasure of reading:

"It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."

Unlike many Big Books, Earthly Powers is a treat throughout. Burgess's Joycemania is on full display but seldom gets out of control.

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Jun 16, 2009 Jeff Bissell rated it 5 of 5 stars

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