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AnotherCat · 11-25-2018, 05:01 PM

I am also about halfway through and enjoying it.

I like the way the author does not let irreverence get in the way of honesty in writing humor. Along that line I keep thinking of the likes of Waugh's Black Mischief and Naipaul's servant's tale as the prologue to In a Free State.

11-25-2018, 05:01 PM	#11
AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	I am also about halfway through and enjoying it. I like the way the author does not let irreverence get in the way of honesty in writing humor. Along that line I keep thinking of the likes of Waugh's Black Mischief and Naipaul's servant's tale as the prologue to In a Free State.