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The restaurants of the Latin Quarter and the city rooms of midtown Manhattan; the beachhead of Normandy and the boxing gyms of Times Square; the trackside haunts of bookmakers and the shadowy redoubts of Southern politicians--these are the places that A.J. Liebling shows to us in his... read more

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First Sentence

The Proust madeleine phenomenon is now as firmly established in folklore as Newton's apple or Watt's steam kettle.

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  1. A. J. Liebling (Author)

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