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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I met Vollmann last Thursday on his book tour, and specifically asked him about Wolfe after I saw the quote. He said he thought Wolfe to be quite remarkable, mentioning Book of the New Sun and The Fifth Head of Cerberus to be outstanding works.</span>

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