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LibLink: Want to know who Nick Clegg’s hero is?

By NewsHound | Sat 1st May 2010 - 12:20 pm

Nick Clegg – who clearly isn’t campaigning hard enough, apparently having time to spare to read literature! – has the following to say about which avant-garde writer C.20th dramatist and writer:

His appeal lies in his directness – the sparse, unembellished prose that can make his meticulous stage directions unexpected. He leaves you with a sense that you knew what he meant, even if explaining it back would leave you lost for words. Direct and disturbing – it is impossible to grow tired of X.

Who is X? Find out here.

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2 Comments

Mike 1st May '10 - 1:02pm

So Beckett has joined Margaret Thatcher in the “hero” room in Clegg’s head.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7415708/Nick-Clegg-how-Margaret-Thatcher-inspires-me.html
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5831523/clegg-heir-to-thatcher.thtml

But which one is better? There’s only one way to find out…. FIIIIGHT.
Anthony Aloysius St 1st May '10 - 1:13pm

I thought it was Clarence Willcock.

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