“The knack of living —
how skilfully it kills!”
Anatoly Kudryavitsky (1954) a Russian/Irish novelist, poet, literary translator and magazine editor
Poems, Shadow of Time (2005)
“Killing is like riding, you see, one never really loses the knack.”
Erik (p. 431)
Phantom (1990)
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