Alfie Sloane (1944–1998) A Literary Parasite's Guide to Fifty Years of British Letters, Bad Debts, and Beautiful Lies

A new entry for the most unreliable Encyclopaedia imaginable: the man who claimed he shaped postwar British literature but never published a word of his own...

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Finch, Dr. Alastair (1955–? ) A Biography of Almost

On procrastination, perfectionism, and the terror of "good enough." New Calling the Abyss entry: the story of a man who writes perfectly but cannot finish.

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