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> [Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose is chaste and lyrical without being self- conscious: it is a relief to encounter writing as quietly stylish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bailey/disgrace-is-a-subtle-multi-layered-story-as-much-concerned-with/)

Paul Bailey

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## More by Paul Bailey

> [It is one of the ironies of biographical art that some details are more relevant than others, and many details have no relevance at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bailey/it-is-one-of-the-ironies-of-biographical-art-that-some-details-are/)

Paul Bailey

> [Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose is chaste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bailey/disgrace-is-a-subtle-multi-layered-story-as-much-concerned-with/)

Paul Bailey

> [Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bailey/blanche-is-written-with-a-terrible-authority-the-authority-that-comes/)

Paul Bailey

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