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Title: People like this Tripe???
Review: I don't quite know what I was expecting when I checked out this book. I knew that everyone on earth I know who has read it claims that it is perfect for Anglophiles and Bibliophiles. Since I am both, I figured I would love this slim volume of correspondence between a bookseller and a New York freelance writer. It was, sad to say, forgettable. Charming - sure. Sad - of course. A great read - not so much. The letters are short. Not like the wonderful letters of, say Jane Austen or Virginia Woolf and other authors. They were short "send me this book" with witty ways of wording thank-yous. I didn't get a feel for either person. Additionally, the blurb on the back states that this book is the collected 20 year correspondence. True, but its like 3 letters a year and most of them - like I stated earlier - orders and thank you responses.
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