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An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner.

Posts Tagged «Louis Phillips»

Dec 10 2007

Oh, What An Awful Thing To Say!

Posted by: Alan in Book Reviews, Books, Humor and Memes

Truman Capote famously said of Jack Kerouac, author of On The Road, "That’s not writing. That’s typing." This is just one of the hundreds of quotations of famous "Needles, Skewers, Pricks and Outright Nastiness" featured in Oh, What An Awful Thing To Say–A Book Of Notable Insults

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Louis Phillips, Oh What An Awful Thing To Say, Wiliam Cole

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