Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour. (Martin Amis)

Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.

Martin Amis

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