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Stories by 'Maugham, William Somerset'

In a Strange Land

Maugham, William Somerset

March 28th, 2005 · 1 Comment

It’s so wet here and even upon peeling off my socks I can barely make out where the water ends and the feet begin. And then my olfactories open as the dog greets me with lick-to-nose and it’s the same thing: where does the wet-dog smell stop and the dog herself start? I dare not eat under these conditions, which remind me of Maugham.

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