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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction
"Does this review already reflect your newly acquired upgraded writing skills? In that case, I am disappointed."
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| I happened to own this book in the French version which I picked up in a gust of overconfidence to brush up my French. I was surprised to find the Dutch edition in my mother's library, brought it home and started reading out of curiosity. Four days o...more | |
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| this is the final book in the Muggepuut trilogy. Very predictable, very Brusselmans, very good. If you are not a fan of Brusselmans, subtract 1 start, if you're a Brusselmans groupy, still don't add the fifth, four is enough. | |
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Great book. Satan and his accomplices terrorize Moscow in the most funny, delirious and chaotic way. It's a satire on the Stalinist regime and my edition's notes helped a lot in disentangling all the subtle and not so subtle references.
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“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women
― Charles Bukowski, Women
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― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
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― Yukio Mishima, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
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― Yukio Mishima
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