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He has sometimes likened his style of writing to that of a medic performing a post-mortem on a raped child—whose job is to analyse the injuries, not to give vent to the rage that is felt. —SUSIE MACKENZIE ON J. G. BALLARD, GUARDIAN,

Roxane Gay

He has sometimes likened his style of writing to that of a medic performing a post-mortem on a raped child—whose job is to analyse the injuries, not to give vent to the rage that is felt. —SUSIE MACKENZIE ON J. G. BALLARD, GUARDIAN,

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