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Nick J. Brown

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Writer of To Rise in the Dark (2024) and Hunter (2025) “He speaks in your voice, Salfordian, and there’s a pie in his hand bought half-price from the Co-op.”

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a cartoon character with big eyes is wearing a suit and tie ALT: a cartoon character with big eyes is wearing a suit and tie

Fantastic!

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Change of profession for the lads.

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Salaryman Nativity: the annunciation to the shepherds 💼 🐑 📕

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Miner Threat

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Miner Threat

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Should be great. Missed be nights in Manchester because of work.

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I’ll be seeing them in Dublin a week today!

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There are parts I really enjoyed but others I got bogged down in so keep meaning to go back to.

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two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other and smiling in front of trees . ALT: two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other and smiling in front of trees .

Been meaning to do one for days but kept getting distracted by things*

*the things:

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Keep meaning to post, my complete Fall design is on the back of the revised 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong LP. Year made. All thanks to the very lovely Daryl Easlea xxx

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You will be visited by three spirits.

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I’d be up for that. Keep meaning to go back and read it again.

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An hour of each four times over for perfect harmony.

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Hope they do more of his books. I’m moving on to a DeLillo pod in the meantime.

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Slow Learners Books Podcast · Updated weekly · A podcast about big books. Season One is devoted to a reading an analysis of Thomas Pynchon's 1973 novel

Right enjoyed the Slow Learners podcast talking about Thomas Pynchon books - Gravity’s Rainbow then Vineland. Well worth a listen if you’re a Pynchon head.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

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Great for keeping drinks cold in the meantime.

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DANGER!

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I’ve always wanted to get GLOVE and HAT to remind me to wrap up in the winter months.

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a close up of a person singing into a microphone with a blurred background . ALT: a close up of a person singing into a microphone with a blurred background .
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Tonight at 9 on Channel 5, Jim Morrison in The Paul Daniels Story…

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Oui oui!

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The magic of Christmas!

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Brilliant. ‘Stop thief!’

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That evergreen Yuletide fave, a fox with a dumbbell 🦊 🎄

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Is this modelled on the car wash fox?

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Some for each pocket.

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That’s right. Reeves and Mortimer meat products. There’s your guarantee of satisfaction alright.

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Perfect for any young family.

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