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Don’t let creative writing students read this book

A review of Lydia Davis’ ‘Can’t and Won’t’. Susan Hill finds flashes of genius in Davis’ latest collection of short stories but she’s not sure everyone will

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  • Can’t and Won’t

    Lydia Davis

    Hamish Hamilton, pp. 283

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