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D. M. Thomas’s War Against the Ordinary

He uses his pen to blow away the familiar and reveal the forces underlying our lives. Here the author of The White Hotel talks about that process, and about myth, sex, fame, and his next novel.

November 1 1982 Lesley Hazleton
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THE LITERARY LIFE
D. M. Thomas’s War Against the Ordinary

He uses his pen to blow away the familiar and reveal the forces underlying our lives. Here the author of The White Hotel talks about that process, and about myth, sex, fame, and his next novel.

November 1 1982 Lesley Hazleton

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