A near perfect signed first edition copy of George Orwell’s Down And Out In Paris And London sold at auction last week for a staggering $141,734 (£86,000). Inside, was an inscription to his agent – ”With the author’s kind regards, to Mr LP Moore without whose kind assistance this book would never have been published. Eric [...]
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When I was a teen dark had to be dark dark, it had to be midnight or nothing… twilight could never be dark enough.
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Every now and then I get to fall into a book so completely that I can’t help feel delighted that the gods have somehow conspired to allow me to read and write about books for a living.
From the opening paragraphs of Timothée de Fombelle’s Toby Alone, I was hooked.
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