He knew the world and its absurdities as only an intelligen… - John Fowles

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He knew the world and its absurdities as only an intelligent Irishman can; which is to say that where his knowledge or memory failed him, his imagination was always ready to fill the gap.

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John Robert Fowles (31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist and essayist.

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