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Stories of Mad Dictators – Enver Hoxha, Saparmurat Niyazov etc

March 17, 2015 by Tom Thumb No Comments

While my story of Simon Simonov is mostly a riff on narcissism, it’s obviously inspired by some of the crazier…

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The Strange Story of the Mad Hatters

March 17, 2015 by Tom Thumb No Comments

Reading Susan Brind Morrow’s unique writing in Wolves & Honey, I came across the strange story of the mad hatters and…

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