Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. (James Buchan)

Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader.

James Buchan

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