Literary Loitering 94 - Tanned Gingers From Outer Space

Published: Nov. 7, 2018, 8:47 p.m.

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Apparently there\\u2019s a new way to become a published author - get a job in Trump\\u2019s White House and get fired from it.

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Our resident cultural anarchists return to offer up a heap of interesting tidings from all sorts of places, beginning with Anthony Scaramucci who lasted in his role of in the White House and has now published a book about it. After a brief interlude to admire a statue of Matilda\\xa0facing down a cartoonish Donald Trump outside Roald Dahl\\u2019s house it\\u2019s time to find out why Mr. Darcy is guilty of \\u201cnegging\\u201d.\\xa0\\xa0

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In other news, a new study shows which countries are the biggest bookworms, a self-published author goes to jail for killing her husband after she wrote a blog about \\u2026 killing her husband, Pat Barker says we need more passionate readers, a new font claims to assist memory and more.\\xa0

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\\xa0Welcome to another fun-filled episode of Literary Loitering!

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