Dostoevsky is such a bad writer it is hard to take him seriously as a novelist, though he is a wonderful philosopher. (John Banville)

Dostoevsky is such a bad writer it is hard to take him seriously as a novelist, though he is a wonderful philosopher.

John Banville

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