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Words by J. Patrick Armstrong It’s quite rare for a book to actually frighten me, to show me a familiar world and rip it apart with such skill, dexterity and reach that I am left with the awful conclusion that the apocalyptic horrors foretold in its pages will, almost certainly, come to pass. But that’s
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Words by J. Patrick Armstrong Re-reading Huckleberry Finn as an adult in the 2020s is a mixed experience. There is still that childlike pleasure in Huck’s escape from the churchy schoolhouse nitpicking of Widow Douglas and Miss Watson, intense relief at Huck’s outsmarting of his repulsive, drunken, abusive father, and even envious admiration for his
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Words: Becky Driscoll When Huxley picked up his pen in 1931, he was writing against the backdrop of temporary technological optimism: Britain had won the war, a golden age of radio broadcasting was underway, and automobiles, telephones and electric appliances had become the norm to ease day-to-day domestic tasks. Gone were the medieval days of
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