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[maribou]

Is there anything Jonathan Raban can't write about?

I really like the epigraph he chose for this piece on the Democratic race:

I want a hero: an uncommon want
When every year and month sends forth a new one,
Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,
The age discovers he is not the true one.

Byron, Don Juan

note to self: read more Byron instead of just scraps and pieces.

(link gacked from ozarque)