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Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Jeering at the Subject

        He was dignity distorted, bravery become knavery, sanctimoniousness masking sin. He was a mirror, jeering at the subject it reflected. Yet so muted were the jeers, so delicate the inaccuracies of delineation, that they evaded detection.

Jim Thompson
A Swell Looking Babe
1954

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Steve Shapiro
1960

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