From: bridegam@pacbell.net   
      
   georgeorwell@email.com wrote:   
   >...   
   > These are nice excerpts, very amusing. I see in the bbc article, he   
   > tried to commit suicide in 1984. I wonder how much depression affected   
   > his work. I've really only read a bit of his writing. I find him to be   
   > too much of a smartass for my taste, though he does seem to have many   
   > good qualities.   
   > B.   
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   Out of curiosity, who among contemporary writers is just about enough of   
   a smartass for you, then?   
      
   /M   
      
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