A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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A Legend In His Own Minefield
A Legend In His Own Minefield
Fields of Play [February 17, 2007]

Fields of Play [February 17, 2007]

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John Mendelssohn
Dec 08, 2009
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A Legend In His Own Minefield
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Fields of Play [February 17, 2007]
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Watching television, I very often find myself thinking that I’m very much funnier than whoever wrote what I’m watching, even though I haven’t even had an agent since I parted paths with that numbskull who was excited about the prospect of optioning my Kate Bush book to a producer who had in a development a biopic about the celebrated American actor Judg…

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