It was certain that invaders or rulers who would dynamite a beautiful work of art placed a much lower value on human life, because artworks were one of a kind and people were pretty much the same. - Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories by Paul Theroux
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By destroying them I am making them mine.
разница видна, если сравнить с тупым изделием Кинга Morality. хотя уж очень искусственно, особенно финал.
Collaborators! - it's on pg. 23 of the hardcover edition.
без интернета читать Theroux не рекомендуется. в Mr. Bones через слово приходится справляться в сети. вот к примеру Fats Waller поет Mandy by Irving Berlin. энциклопедия американской жизни.