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El Duce, The Man, The Myth, The Video (1993) by Reverend Cuntbag
“Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first and that's why they're still the best ones.”
Rex Stout, page 251
Invitation to Learning
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