How far do you agree…
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“…essentially a pessimistic view of what the world has come to…”
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“…a critique of the changes society has undergone in his lifetime…”
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“…a persona which is more detached than part…”
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“…an outsider through choice or through protest…”
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“…an ironic sneering detachment from the world around him…”
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“…a thin veneer of cynicism barely disguises an essentially celebratory collection…”
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“…a lover of the past and all its baggage…”
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“…an inability to escape the past in general and his past in particular defines this collection…”
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“…his favourite subjects are failure and weakness…”
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“…darkness more so than light pervades this collection…”
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“…derogatory of everything but a very narrow notion of an ideal self…”
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“…failure taints every word and every note is essentially one of doom…”
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“…other people’s words are always parodied, never held up for approval…”
