I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.
An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.
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I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' I also like 'The Reef.
The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.
The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."