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Old 10-24-2016, 02:27 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I can understand some people finding a book funnier than others. But it's one thing for some to not find it funny at all and instead finding it a chore to read.
But that would apply to your nomination as well, Jon.

In Waugh's defence, I'll add that he's considered one of the great English prose stylists of the 20th century. That doesn't mean you're going to like him, of course, but it means many people do.
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