Eddie- I am not qualified to be a book critic. A proofreader and spell checker, yes-- but to try to give you even a precis of what Mr. Conrad was putting forth is far beyond my abilities, even allowing for the fact that I am a voracious reader with a fairly sharp memory, for a 80 year old senior citizen, that is. I have outlived my favorite fiction writer, the late Ernest Miller Hemingway, by almost 20 years, so a few more years would be just an extra splash of George Dickel in my glass. RWTF

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