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Monday, 19 October 2026

Katabasis in the Bookshop

Katabasis by R F Kuang

"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic." - R.F. Kuang

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Labels: Amis, Art, Bennet, Bukowski, Bygone Kent, Darwin, Katabasis, King, Kirk, Mog the Cat, Orwell, Plato, Pratchett, Tolkien

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