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James Salter Reads Reynolds Price

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Ghost Story of Crawford

Crawford takes himself very seriously, even before his mother dies. He feels in the moment of this death that he at 12 has become a man. Do you think we're meant to feel for him in this long dark night of the soul? I think Ronald was probably very disappointed if we didn't find himself. Yes, I sympathize with him. I mean, what else can you do?"

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