So, to quote Sir Edmund Hillary after he had reached the summit of Everest, I “have knocked the bastard off”.In my case, the Herculean achievement in question is to have finally read War and ...

You've likely heard the saying that goes along the lines of "never meet your heroes" or "meet your heroes and end up ...

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