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melbernstine's avatar

To Stephen Johnson. I am reading your book which I like very much. But there is an egregious error. You speak of Nobel frequenting intellectuals such as Victor Hugo in Paris. And that Hugo had a character based on Nobel in his novel "Le Ventre de Paris". Le Ventre de Paris was written by Emile Zola.

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Ian Leslie's avatar

"I will do just about anything to justify not interviewing a potential expert for the essays or books I write. (I much prefer wandering around by myself in the archive, learning through reading not conversation.)" OMG me too.

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