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"She was a spoilt child, and spoilt children are apt to grow up irresponsible, and irresponsible adults - by not facing the seriousness of their own actions - do create a dream atmosphere that affects outsiders too."

Nigel Strangeways

Malice in Wonderland, Nicholas Blake (pseud. Cecil Day-Lewis), 1940

#a weird spiky book #a historical curiosity with jagged edges around moral weakness and what it means to rebuild a society #but also an odd little golden age detective story with thriller elements #the spectre of the practical joker #an interesting preoccupation of the early 21st century 'tec story #practical jokes anonymous letters and the threat of the 'nasty mind'#unrelatedly i think about this line in relation to people who build so called creative so called ai a lot #Nicholas Blake #Cecil Day-Lewis #Nigel Strangeways

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