The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not … - Edward St Aubyn

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Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; to me, the female sex is not the weaker sex.

Edward St Aubyn

The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant.

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