It was an instinct to put t... by David Leavitt, an American Novelist

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“It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.”

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Name: David Leavitt

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jun 23, 1961

Profession: Novelist

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