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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Gay Talese
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 429
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679410966
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