Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
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Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
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All of them. I’m not someone who can sit down and read – I wish I could.
None. I love reading, and I read a good book and a bad book at the same time.
Ulysses by James Joyce, but I might make a start next week – or the week after that …
Ulysses – I’ve tried many times and never got through it.
They tend to say it behind my back.
That there is time. I doggedly prioritise and pursue tasks, and the day seems to open out and everything does get done. Chill.
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
Insular, creative and mechanically minded.
A great education.
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