Ted Obvious writes from New York: I have a confession to make – I don’t like some of the books that are considered by many people to be eternal classics. I’ve tried to like them, I’ve read them and re-read them, but they still don’t appeal to me. I’m sorry, but that’s how it is with me: if I don’t like the characters, the plot, the main idea and what the author stands for generally, then I simply say, ‘I [...]

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