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Excursions in the Real World

Excursions in the Real World

November 18, 2002 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Nation.

THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT. By William Trevor. Viking. 227 pp. $24.95. Why is so much fiction written in our language and why is so much of what is written of so little consequence? The novels come and go as…

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