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Lolita’s secret revenge mission, and other daft theories of literary spite

Literary Rivals: Feuds and Antagonisms in the World of Books, by Richard Bradford, is a compendium that never sees the roses for the thorns

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  • Literary Rivals: Feuds and Antagonisms in the World of Books

    Richard Bradford

    The Robson Press, pp. 304

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