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That Favorite Subject, Himself
And no wonder. The hero of Boswell Distilled is still racy, comic, and modern after all these years
July
1
1981
JAMES WOLCOTT
That Favorite Subject, Himself
JAMES WOLCOTT
July
1
1981
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That Favorite Subject, Himself
And no wonder. The hero of Boswell Distilled is still racy, comic, and modern after all these years
July
1
1981
JAMES WOLCOTT
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