"Grief and guilt. A powerful combination. Guilt like……" — Simon Mawer
"Grief and guilt. A powerful combination. Guilt like a liquid, a thin liquor, seeping everywhere, informing everything, saturating the whole-corrosive, like seawater, scented with the rich stench of ordure and corruption, and carrying with it hard, abrasive shards of grief."
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Simon Mawer
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