The Rock Pool" ... satire of the British upper class, a smug young literary man from Oxford joins an international group of artists and writers on the French Riviera, intending to study them as if they were aquatic organisms in a pool--with unexpected results."--Goodreads |
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Page 41
... it's the first to wear off . There's an American girl with a studio near mine who has it for breakfast . ' " " " But it's not really bad for you like this , is it ? ” " Oh , you've got to be having sixteen or twenty a day before that ...
... it's the first to wear off . There's an American girl with a studio near mine who has it for breakfast . ' " " " But it's not really bad for you like this , is it ? ” " Oh , you've got to be having sixteen or twenty a day before that ...
Page 218
... it's a couple of blocks from the wine shop . It seemed such a hell of a long way . " " Oh , of course , you're ... it's all I've got at the moment . Well , it was mighty nice you to come and call of you It's pretty lonely up here ...
... it's a couple of blocks from the wine shop . It seemed such a hell of a long way . " " Oh , of course , you're ... it's all I've got at the moment . Well , it was mighty nice you to come and call of you It's pretty lonely up here ...
Page 223
... It's different for you . You're a musician , and it's possible to remain that indefinitely , as long as you don't risk a performance . " " I do too - why my piano pieces were said by Colin to be the most promising he had ever heard ...
... It's different for you . You're a musician , and it's possible to remain that indefinitely , as long as you don't risk a performance . " " I do too - why my piano pieces were said by Colin to be the most promising he had ever heard ...
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