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this works for me better than the secret history. maybe just because I know how lame classics undergrads are, whereas art dealers could be as moody, tortured, and aesthetic as this crowd

The nerd references in this are jarring, especially in the flashbacks. strong reminder every couple paragraphs that this came out in the same era as ready player one, when mentioning LOTR was innovating

I so badly want to give Diaz a fair shake, but this is not a promising start.

"I was not even on intimate terms with my own past experiences." pg. 156
How beauty and distance (temporal and between ideas) are handled in the narrative seems totally original. Very weird little book, but brilliant

this narrator is a little freak (complimentary)

Ready for round 2 with this evil, evil lady

Me: George Eliot is one of the greatest English writers of all time.

George Eliot in Romola: "You come as opportunely as cheese on macaroni."

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I am almost done with this book and still can't keep the members of the group straight :(