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It was a good idea, but even so, it
was a near thing. It is a near thing when I contemplate who is more despicable: those
who perpetrate these crimes or those who seek to build a political
advantage upon the broken and bleeding bodies of the victims. Such a perfect symbiosis
of creative talents is all too rare in picture books, and the marvel of
the job is, if anything, increased by the equivalent success of its
companion work, A Near Thing for Captain Najork (Atheneum), which came
out a year later; the two-seater, jam-powered frog is itself sufficient
for immortality. |
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