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Originally Posted by issybird
A couple of Nobelists have been named and I’m going to offer up another, Patrick White. The interminable, monumental dullness of Voss! Did the committee think it was time to have a literature laureate from Australia and White was the most ponderous one they identified? I bet even the most patriotic Australian finds him a slog.
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How right you are! (Not that I go round waving the flag or wrapping myself in it.)
Late to the party again - I haven't been keeping up with MR.