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hermetic

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1. I'm glad you liked it.
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 11:22 AM
Mar 2015

Evidently the story was inspired by actual events in '67 when the conservative literary magazine, Encounter, was revealed to have received secret funding from the CIA. So, I enjoyed how the story explores the relationship between artistic integrity and government propaganda.

And, of course, the ending.


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A review of Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan [View all] TexasProgresive Mar 2015 OP
I'm glad you liked it. hermetic Mar 2015 #1
And we won't tell, will we? TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #2
Thank you, TexasProgresive. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #3
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