The novel is a thing of irony and ambiguity. That's at the heart of 'J', a world that has stopped arguing with itself. We have to keep our equilibrium of hate, which is argument. But on the Internet, you find a unanimity of response, and in 'J,' there's a fear of that, that discourse becomes a statement of political or ideological belief.

'Family Guy'. It's not only the funniest programme on television, it's the most wonderfully, indecorously literate.

You are changed by the people you are closest to, and this has allowed me to forgive myself for the person I once was.

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