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‘The English Understand Wool’ is a little gift to Helen DeWitt fans

September 19, 2022

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DeWitt is a master of the witty fable, and she pulls off her trick here through marvelous specificity of voice and a plot that hums like German machinery.

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‘The English Understand Wool’ is a little gift to Helen DeWitt fans

DeWitt is a master of the witty fable, and she pulls off her trick here through marvelous specificity of voice and a plot that hums like German machinery.

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