Maybe television causes cancer, Garp thinks; but his real irritation i…

John Irving
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Maybe television causes cancer, Garp thinks; but his real irritation is a writer's irritation: he knows that wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading. ✨ John Irving (1978). The world according to Garp, Pocket
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Maybe television causes cancer, Garp thinks; but his real irritation is a writer's irritation: he knows that wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading. ✨ John Irving (1978). The world according to Garp, Pocket

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