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"...he mentioned to me the idea of a novel factory, a sort of assembly line of writers, each one with his own special little job. Mass production, he said, and tailored to the public taste."

741 pages in and you get it.. NOBODY in this book is original..

everyone is copying someone else to avoid being themselves!.. after 700 pages of copies, you stop looking for the real thing and start wondering if the real thing ever existed..