The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coa…

Cormac McCarthy
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The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For him such memories are bitter ones. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). Suttree, p.175, Pan Macmillan
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The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For him such memories are bitter ones. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). Suttree, p.175, Pan Macmillan

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