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I came away from my reading of the first two stories (“Daisy’s Valentine” and “A Romantic Weekend”) in this collection thinking that Mary Gaitskill has an uncanny talent: namely, that she can juxtapose nouns with adjectives, and verbs with adverbs in a way others of us simply can’t — and can then make them work to wonderful effect. On p. 33 — just to give one example — we have this exchange in “A Romantic Weekend”:
“‘I’m sorry I’m not more talkative,’ she said.
‘That’s all right.’ His narrow eyes ...more
“‘I’m sorry I’m not more talkative,’ she said.
‘That’s all right.’ His narrow eyes ...more
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