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» In Praise of Older WomenStephen Vizinczey
This book is addressed to young men and dedicated to older women – and the connection between the two is my proposition. I am not an expert on sex, but I was a good student of the women I loved, and I’ll try to recall those happy and unhappy experiences which, I believe, made a man out of me.
» BrooklynColm Toibin
Ellis Lacey, sitting at the window of the upstairs living room in the house on Friary Street, noticed her sister walking briskly from work.
» The Temple GoersAatish Taseer
It was just after dinner and on one of the news channels the murder was re-enacted. There was a clap of studio thunder on one side of he split screen, a flash of strobe lightning, the glint of a knife.
» The UnnamedJoshua Ferris
It was the cruellest winter. The winds were rabid off the rivers. Ice came down like poisoned darts.
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