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“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (1892) is simultaneously a timelessly great read – with deliberate yet steadily moving prose that flows like honey today –
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Fifty years later, “The Conversation” (1974) remains a timely warning (or maybe now it’s just a portrayal, as the time for warnings has passed) about
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