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Summer was full on and the nights hot. It was like lying in warm syrup there in the dark under the viaduct, in the steady whine of gnats and nightbugs.
Summer was full on and the nights hot. It was like lying in warm syrup there in the dark under the viaduct, in the steady whine of gnats and nightbugs.
Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
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- Cormac McCarthy
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- Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
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