Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilat…

Ian Mcewan
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Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. ✨ Ian McEwan: By the Book. Interview, www.nytimes.com. December 6, 2012.
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Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. ✨ Ian McEwan: By the Book. Interview, www.nytimes.com. December 6, 2012.

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