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“[On The Catcher in the Rye] “This Salinger, he’s a short story guy. And he knows how to write about kids. This… — The New York Times Copy Share Image
I was brought into the curiosity of it because with Sony Pictures Classics, which bought the movie, they look into what the… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
“[American Psycho] is ”throughout numbingly boring, and for much of the time deeply and extremely disgusting. Not interesting-disgusting, but disgusting-disgusting: sickening, cheaply… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
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“At a conservative estimate, one million dollars will be spent by American readers for this book [For Whom the Bell Tolls]. They… — Commonweal Copy Share Image
“[On Brave New World] “Mr. Huxley has been born too late. Seventy years ago, the great powers of his mind would have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Concord public library committee deserve well of the public by their action in banishing Mark Twain’s new book, Huckleberry Finn, on… — The New York Times Copy Share Image
“[Ulysses] appears to have been written by a perverted lunatic who has made a speciality of the literature of the latrine… I… — Aramis Copy Share Image
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![“[On Brave New World] “Mr. Huxley has been born too late. Seventy years ago, the great powers of his mind would have been anchored to some mighty certitude, or to some equally mighty scientific denial of a certitude. Today he searches heaven and earth for a Commandment, but searches in vain: and…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/anonymous-1_bad-reviews_on-brave-new-world-mr-huxley-has-been-bo_1864107.jpg)
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