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Ep 597 - The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

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The Alchemist's Secret Language

The absence of characterization and overall blandness suggest authorship by a committee of self improvement pundit. A far cry from saying exuberies the little prince that flagship of the genre was a genuine charmer because it clearly derived from a quirky individual sensibility. This book is his secret though. That's the weird, it's like he can point to this book as like the theory works. Which is frustrating because we all didn't write the Alchemist.

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