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  1. Paul Murray _ An Evening of Long Goodbyes

    Mrs. P.? Oh no. She's the help. Bosnian, you know. Or is it Serbian? An absolute treasure, anyway. As I always say to Bel, if there's one good thing to come out of all this fuss in the Balkans, it's the availability of quality staff . . ." The words died away on my lips: once again I found myself trailing off in the stare of those unblinking eyes. This fellow was like some kind of after-dinner black hole. My anxiety began to mount again."
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  2. Paul Murray _ An Evening of Long Goodbyes

    The accursed ship didn't sink for a full three hours. By the time it did, I was feeling so traumatized that even watching Dogface die offered little consolation. The dialogue, the acting, the vast emptiness of the whole endeavour! Was that what passed for cinema these days? I felt like I have been violated; violated by a team of accountants.
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  3. Paul Murray _ An Evening of Long Goodbyes

    Out here the sunsets were like Italian operas, torrid, emotional affairs that went on for three hours or more, hanging in the sky like burning castles.
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  4. Paul Murray _ An Evening of Long Goodbyes

    Liam was too Scottish-''Oh but Scottish, Bel! Come on, the ? The interminable quotations from ? Anyone who's of coming from Scotland obviously has issues-
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  5. Paul Murray _ An Evening of Long Goodbyes

    You're talking like a Stalinist!' I cried. 'People don't get jobs to things and learn ! They do it because they to, and then they use whatever's left over to buy themselves things that make them feel less bad about having jobs! Can't you see, it's just a terrible vicious circle!
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