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Douglas Stuart Reads “The Englishman”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Man Who Said You Shouldn't Talk Just to Fill a Room

"I find it hard, unnatural to conjure talk out of nothing," says Caspar. "My father always said you shouldn't talk just to fill a room." By the fourth day, i had abandoned the housework entirely and lay on the grass enjoying the clear, slow sun", writes Caspar. 'With your impressive wing span, you'd be hard to beat,' he adds with an approving wink.

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