Definitely makes me want to read more.  And, Gary, the fact that you begin by announcing the impossibility of your task shows that you've got a bit of Twain in you yourself.

G

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Here's a good one, from Paris Review, by the illustrious Gary S.:


https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/01/09/impossibility-knowing-mark-t=
wain/

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iew.org/blog/2018/01/09/impossibility-knowing-mark-twain/>

The Impossibility of Knowing Mark Twain<https://www.theparisreview.org/blog=
/2018/01/09/impossibility-knowing-mark-twain/>
www.theparisreview.org
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, was the architect of his own impr= essive literary reputation.




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