Hulga the whole while hollering like a half-slaughtered hog. (Attentio…

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Hulga the whole while hollering like a half-slaughtered hog. (Attention, students of literature! Alliteration - have you noticed? - is my least vice.) ✨ Truman Capote (2012). Answered Prayes, p.7, Vintage
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Hulga the whole while hollering like a half-slaughtered hog. (Attention, students of literature! Alliteration - have you noticed? - is my least vice.) ✨ Truman Capote (2012). Answered Prayes, p.7, Vintage

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