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   Henry to Edward Belsky   
   Re: "Pete held his rookers...   
   28 Feb 06 07:24:27   
   
   From: henry999@eircom.net   
      
   Edward Belsky  wrote:   
      
   > God do I love Burgess.   
      
   The initial exposure, in limited doses, can be heady stuff but the   
   cumulative effect is cloyingly artsy-cutesy. The same is true of   
   Nabokov, now that you mention it. And John Barth, their American   
   contemporary.   
      
   cheers,   
      
   Henry   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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