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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Colin Thubron
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 341
- Publisher
- Penguin Group(CA)
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141442099
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Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron (born 14 June 1939) is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, *The Times* ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to *The New York Review of Books, The Times, The Times Literary Supplement* and *The New York Times.* His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
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