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Brutal gang rape missed by Paypal’s censors
Posted by: Vanessa on: March 3, 2012
Justine by Donatien-Alphonse-François de Sade My rating: 2 of 5 stars This book offers an excellent lesson in how to escape censorship but is otherwise rather dull. For those of you who don’t know, Paypal is currently trying to clean up the internet by refusing to do business with any site that offers for sale [...]
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Rumour, truth and lies in book reviews
Posted by: Vanessa on: October 24, 2011
Pleasured by Philip Hensher My rating: 2 of 5 stars There has been a lot of fuss about the Booker prize in the UK recently, which is meant to recognise the best literary books being written today. Some commentators were astonished that some of the best literary novelists were not even on the shortlist. I [...]
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