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Like legends who shrank from their magnum opus, we all wage a lonely battle

27 March 2020 - 10:00 By darrel bristow-bovey
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The writer says he know the last thing you need on your first weekend of lockdown due to coronavirus is still more Joe Gould reading matter but...
The writer says he know the last thing you need on your first weekend of lockdown due to coronavirus is still more Joe Gould reading matter but...
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I know the last thing you need on your first weekend of lockdown is still more Joe Gould reading matter, but Joe Gould fascinates me, and so does Joseph Mitchell.

For, as we face 21 long days, their story is a parable of human frailty and failure.

 

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