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Literary Lover: Nelson Algren inspired the male protagonist in Beauvoir’s The Mandarins. He disliked the novel. (©Glasshouse Images/Alamy Stock Photo)
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Literary Lover: Nelson Algren inspired the male protagonist in Beauvoir’s The Mandarins. He disliked the novel. (©Glasshouse Images/Alamy Stock Photo)
©Glasshouse Images/Alamy Stock Photo