When mottos (un)maketh the man

HAMBIDGE POKES AND PRAISES

When mottos (un)maketh the man

Resident literateur JOAN HAMBIDGE writes how a novel, or a writer, is sometimes remembered because of a single quote, not always to the benefit of the work or the writer.

“Dear Doctor Professor, I should like to know what you mean by the expression the fall into the quotidian'. When did this fall occur? Where were we standing when it happened?” (Herzog ).

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Sometimes books are remembered for one incredible paragraph or sentence. Often without people reading the full book. For example, Joseph Heller's Catch-22...

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