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Discussion Thread: 👻🐈‍⬛ Wednesday 1 October 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Item: Burgess is actually a bloody good writer. Item: Hemingway was an arsehole. Put the two together and you have a challenging read .... if you are at all politically correct. Watch out for Burgess' masterly command of the artform of sarcasm. It's illuminating.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I love Burgess as a writer ( and one of the few I quote on the regular ) and yes, Hemingway was an arsehole. That's why I bought it. 😊