A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
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A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Autumn of the Patriarch' gave him no space in which to take a sip of his beer.

— Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
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