if it's not someone you've read, it's someone you <i>should</i> read...:) graham greene's not a bad guess, nor is heller. but to suggest that people who talk about havana are weird... huh? what about, er, people who <i>live</i> in havana? okay, here's a big clue. you're all thinking english/american author. you shouldn't be. -- Some Let Me Make You

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Date Posted: 11:48:47 05/14/01 Mon
Author: si
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if it's not someone you've read, it's someone you should read...:) graham greene's not a bad guess, nor is heller. but to suggest that people who talk about havana are weird... huh? what about, er, people who live in havana? okay, here's a big clue. you're all thinking english/american author. you shouldn't be.
In reply to: si 's message, "spot the quote" on 14:54:39 03/24/01 Sat

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I nearly bought One Hundred Years of solitude last week, flicked through it in Magrudys. Maybe it's Gabriel Garcia Marquez (spelling?) -- luke, 19:13:51 05/17/01 Thu

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argh - the whole point is that you have to offer some kind of substantiation of WHY you guess any particular author. congratulations, anyway - you are right, marquez it is. it would have been so much more interesting to know /why/ you thought it might be. it is now your turn to post a new extract! oh, and bonus points and/or a free pint for anyone who can work out /which/ marquez it is from... -- sj, 20:28:00 05/23/01 Wed

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