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The Clown
Read the fine print, as they say (or maybe the not-so-fine print).
This fine book available from Melville House in December.
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Congratulations, Scott! “The Clown” is one of my favorite books. I’m shocked that Penguin let all of their Boll titles go out of print but am relieved that Melville picked them up (and is producing some new translations as well).
Copy arrived today (along with “Billiards”).
Hurrah, my all-time favourite novel and a Boll I haven’t yet gotten to, in lovely new editions.
Looks great.
First page of “The Clown”, copy editing error: “somwhere” rather than “somewhere”.
Flip to afterword – Esposito refers to main character as “Schneider”. Meanwhile, book and every reference to character in book that I can find has him as “Schnier”.
What gives ?
Shame I’ve lost my old Penguin copy.