Popular success is a palace built for a writer by publishers, journalists, admirers, and professional reputation makers, in which a silent army of te… - Cyril Connolly

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Popular success is a palace built for a writer by publishers, journalists, admirers, and professional reputation makers, in which a silent army of termites, rats, dry rot, and death-watch beetles are tunnelling away, till, at the very moment of completion, it is ready to fall down.

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About Cyril Connolly

Cyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English author, editor and critic.

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Alternative Names: Cyril Vernon Connolly
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