{Small World (3)[continued]}[29th February 1988]

[Redbook5:22-23][19880229:0940]{Small World (3)[continued]}[29th February 1988]

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I suppose I read, on average, between 1/3rd and ½ of each week's T[imes] L[iterary] S[upplement]: ranging from a couple of articles to almost the whole paper. At one time, when we were self-employed in London,* having no time for this I used to 'skim' through each week's TLS, running my eye down each column too fast to be consciously aware of what was written, in the hope that something might go in. It was certainly very tiring.**

I suppose that I may have read a review of 'Small World'*** in a TLS years ago which may have given away much of the story.****

*[Early 1982 to mid-1985]

**[The implication intended being, presumably, that it was tiring because the text was in fact being absorbed and processed in some way. <20171207>]

***[David Lodge, 'Small World: An Academic Romance' (1984)]

****[See [Redbook5:17][19880214:2326b]{Small World (1)}[14^th February 1988];

[Redbook5:20][19880221:1030]{Small World (2)}[21st February 1988]

[Redbook5:21][19880229:0045]{Small World (3)}[29^th February 1988] (last previous entry);

[Redbook5:49-50][19880312:2005c]{The Grail Quest Circle}[12th March 1988].]

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