In Britain I'm sometimes regarded as a suspiciously Europeanized writer, who has this rather dubious French influence. (Julian Barnes)

In Britain I'm sometimes regarded as a suspiciously Europeanized writer, who has this rather dubious French influence.

Julian Barnes

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