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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (excerpt from Factotum) (1973)

Story (1973)

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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (excerpt from Factotum)

It was very cold in St. Louis, about to snow, and I got a room in a rather clean place, a room on the second floor, in the back. I put on Brahm's Second Symphony, second movement, right where I had been interrupted, went to bed and listened. It was late evening and I was soon asleep. When I awakened in the morning, I was very cold, shivering...

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