Every time I have checked out a Jeeves book from the library, it has been because I went looking for something in the W section and failed to find it. In this case, the library claimed they had several Jeanette Winterson books in, when what they meant was that they had absolutely no Jeanette Winterson books in at all. In particular they did not have Sexing the Cherry, which is the one I was after. I drifted gloomily down the shelves and checked out two Jeeves books instead. I do not advise this as a strategy. It invites comparisons, and…
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