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There are so many hypochondriacs out here. I think Murray can spot them a mile off."

— William Boyd A Good Man in Africa (1981)

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"Dear Faye, I feel a little fitter today. Perhaps everything will be fine after all ..."

The New Confessions (1987)

I want you to get to know Murray because I want you to bribe him."

A Good Man in Africa (1981)

It seems to me that there are statements about the world and our lives that have no need of formal proof procedures.

Brazzaville Beach (1990)

I know he never loved me, but that, as far as I am concerned, is of little importance. He did not love me because, quite simply, I was a constant reminder of his loss."

The New Confessions (1987)

Morgan liked to imagine the town as some immense yeast culture, left in a deep cupboard by an absentminded lab technician, festering uncontrolled, running rampant in the ideal growing conditions.

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