The smell of the library was always the same – the musty odour of old clothes mixed with the keener scent of unwashed bodies, creating what the chief… - Peter Ackroyd

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The smell of the library was always the same – the musty odour of old clothes mixed with the keener scent of unwashed bodies, creating what the chief librarian had once described as "the steam of the social soup".

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About Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd (born 5 October 1949) is an English novelist, critical biographer, poet and children's writer.

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