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The End of Nihilism
"I loved the characters who were like, who had a bit of moral compromise that was able to be passed down through to us later on where they still struggle with that later," he says. "They're important now because they basically end the period of foundational nihilism, at least as I've read." The book is set in 1960s Paris and features some famous people such as Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde.
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