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Podcast: Down with Bowne (The Uncut Version)
Episode: THADDEUS LITTLEMAN: A Compatriot in Black at the Library
Description: A satirical novel about a London lad in serialised form.
With the spare change in my trousers, I made a copy of Emily’s letter. One day I hope to publish “The Collected Correspondence of Thaddeus Littleman.”
Would such an audience exist for innocent and pretentious musings? Who would ever purchase such poppycock?
The Waterford Library was a bright oasis — inside — with new, earth-toned rugs, fresh paint, almost mauve, with comfy, cushioned chairs for reading by the windows — with four orange chairs around a circular table, laminated and clean. I’m writing now in the Study R...