The Library of Lazy Thinking

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We're all doomed (but it makes for a damn good book)

We're all doomed (but it makes for a damn good book)

Thoughts on The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut

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Apr 24, 2025
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Paul Auster is riding my bumper, impatient to get past.

I raise my middle finger in the rearview mirror.

“Get lost. I’m going 70.”

Auster eases off before suddenly accelerating past.

“Dick,” I shout, as he speeds away in front of me, burning rubber on the M1 just outside Rotherham.

Maybe it’s not Paul Auster. Maybe it’s just a jerk in a Merc. But it makes fo…

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