So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements. — Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements. — Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements. — Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements. — Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements. — Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
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So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements.

— Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
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