The news team, and Hamin, seemed well pleased. "You should have been an actor, Jernau Gurgeh,” Hamin told him. Gurgeh assumed this was intended as a compliment. (Iain Banks)

The news team, and Hamin, seemed well pleased. "You should have been an actor, Jernau Gurgeh,” Hamin told him. Gurgeh assumed this was intended as a compliment.

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