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Название книги: Tremor of Intent
Автор(ы): Anthony Burgess
Жанр: Современная проза
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An eschatological spy novelFirst published in 1966
ToJ. McMichael M.B., Ch.B.gratefullyBut between the day and nightThe choice is free to all, and nightFalls equally on black and white.W.H. AUDENThe worst that can be said of most of our malefactors, from statesmen to thieves, is that they are not men enough to be damned.T.S. ELIOT
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The position at the moment is as follows. I joined the gastronomic cruise at Venice, as planned, and the Poly-olbion is now throbbing south-east in glorious summer Adriatic weather. Everything at Pulj is in order. D. R. arrived there three days ago to take over, and it was good to have a large vinous night and talk about old adventures. I am well, fit, except for my two chronic diseases of gluttony and satyriasis which, anyway, continue to cancel each other out. There will be little opportunity for either to be indulged on this outward voyage (we shall be in the Black Sea the day after tomorrow), but I dribble at the glutinous thought of the mission-accomplished, unb