There was Virginia Boote, the food and restaurant critic, who had once…

Neil Gaiman
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There was Virginia Boote, the food and restaurant critic, who had once been a great beauty but was now a grand and magnificent ruin, and who delighted in her ruination. ✨ Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, Theodora Goss, Peter S. Beagle, Richard Parks (2013). Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition, p.180, Wildside Press LLC
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