A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or — Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
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A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or indirectly, by his characters, into presenting publicly his innermost feelings.

— Nelson Algren, Entrapment and Other Writings
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