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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (excerpt from Factotum) (1974)

Story (1974)

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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (excerpt from Factotum)

Dear readers of the classified pull-out section: The following is Chapter 35 from a novel-in-progress, Factotum. The idea of the novel was rather inspired by Down and Out in London and Paris, inspired by the fact that I felt I had had a hell of a lot more trouble than Orwell, French underground kitchens and British flophouses be damned. Of course, having a hell of a lot of trouble does not create a novel. Good novels like good women are more than rare...

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