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Author Here: The Legal Fiction of David Foster Wallace's The Pale King
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scabrous
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(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid
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in his scabrous takedown of John Updike's Toward the End of Time
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in his scabrous takedown of John Updike's Toward the End of Time
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Klieg light
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an intense carbon arc lamp especially used in filmmaking
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Wallace worked on his final novel under the klieg lights of his own substantial reputation
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Wallace worked on his final novel under the klieg lights of his own substantial reputation
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