The Go-Between

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gmays

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roncesvalles

about 2 months ago

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This is just too much to read in 2025.

rocketpastsix

about 2 months ago

it really isn't

mitchbob

about 2 months ago

Check out the short version on TikTok.

macintux

about 2 months ago

In a similar vein, I recommend Looking for Trouble[0], a memoir by Virginia Cowles. I haven't finished it, but it's a look back at her time as a foreign correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.

I found it courtesy a comment from cooldrcool1 on a very short discussion here on HN[1, 2].

[0] https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714362/looking-for-...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32411900

[2] https://lithub.com/christina-lamb-on-the-remarkable-life-and...

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