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How the news that we need to get off this island comes to us castaways

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Jun 15, 2021
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My son Matt is living with me in Budapest this summer. The other day, as I was about to leave for Spain (I’m in Madrid today on my Spanish book tour), Matt casually mentioned to me, “I finished The Moviegoer yesterday. I liked it.” Wait, what?! We have to talk about this when dad comes home from Spain!

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