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English Muddle: Alan Hollinghurst

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Wood, J. (2012). English Muddle: Alan Hollinghurst. In Wood, J. The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pp. 307-319

(verb) to search for gold or gemstones typically by picking over abandoned workings / (verb) to search about; rummage / (verb) to search for by or as if by rummaging; ferret out

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It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way

—p.309 by James Wood
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It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way

—p.309 by James Wood
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(noun) a strong cotton and linen fabric / (noun) a class of cotton fabrics usually having a pile face and twill weave / (noun) high-flown or affected writing or speech / (noun) anything high-flown or affected in style

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It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way

—p.309 by James Wood
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6 years, 7 months ago

It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way

—p.309 by James Wood
unknown
6 years, 7 months ago