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Kevin's Vision of Endlessly

John Tusely would do 17, 18 passes of a short story. He liked to be to chip and chisel and to take out everything. I quite like doing it actually. Everything is the fun part. Is he going to vanish now because in Ireland and elsewhere people are going to think he's only ever writing about the past? No, I don't believe so. Actually there's a process of beatification since his passing going on in Ireland. There's a warmth there and an empathy and a kindness. But he also has that glint of ice, the necessary, the famous shard of ice in the heart where he can present all of our follies in a very clear

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