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Book Interview: S.T. Joshi on Ambrose Bierce — The Underappreciated Genius of Being Grim
January 24, 2012
Bierce proffers a satiric temperament gone wild and woolly, partly propelled by a revulsion at the criminal vulgarity of the Gilded Age. Given the current triumph of the 1%, his fury at power mad corporations is worth an admiring look.
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