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In Angel, Elizabeth Taylor presents a very selfish, self-centered character who happens to be an author. Although we are not treated to any of her writing, nothing would indicate that Angel's books are filled with herself. HHhH is the opposite. While we learn nothing of the author himself, this book is simply filled with Binet's egocentric ramblings about how he is going about writing his novel. Every author worthy of print labors over his work. It shouldn't be more than half the pages his telli
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Though I have somewhat mixed feelings about the "book about a writer writing a book" format here, overall this was a compelling read. As someone who has written (or tried, heh) to write historical fiction, I absolutely get where Binet (or fictional unreliable narrator parallel universe Binet) is coming from as he hems and haws over what episodes and details to include in his "novelization" of Reinhard Heydrich, and how to deal with those awkward gaps in the historical record. I think I either ow
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