Edd McCracken lives in Scotland, dislikes book spine breakers and loves when small words harmonise to make big ideas. Follow him on Twitter: @EddMcCracken
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So you’ve read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the fifth best book of all time according to the ...
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