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...But it’s carnal and satirical and American enough to be heartier than camp — it’s Ivy Compton-Burnett crossed with Mary Karr....
..., El Deafo is refreshingly unsentimental and lacking in self-pity....
...Then I would make him the celebration fruit cake from the baking bible, Mary Berry’s Ultimate Cake Book (BBC Books), with marzipan and plain white icing but no decoration whatsoever....
...He will replace Mary Jo Jacobi, who decided to leave in part because she did not want to move from London to The Hague....
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