He took pains to avoid self-depreciation, self-mockery, ambiguity, iro…

Don DeLillo
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He took pains to avoid self-depreciation, self-mockery, ambiguity, irony, subtlety, vulnerability, a civilized world-weariness and a tragic sense of history--the very things, he says, that are most natural to him. ✨ Don DeLillo (2011). White Noise, p.24, Pan Macmillan
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