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...Built in 1903, it was the home of the late French writer Colette, author of the novella Gigi....
...It’s not that language isn’t adequate — indeed, Lisa Dillman’s translation is as evocative as a reader could wish for, the “muffled, maritime sound of the road” right before the crash, the moment of impact...
...“Inherent vice” is a term from maritime law referring to an inbuilt defect that causes an object to deteriorate or break....
...Matter is set in Banks’s Culture universe, which he has previously explored in six novels, a novella and a couple of short stories....
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