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Word: vriesian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1971-1971
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...masterpiece, The Blood of the Lamb, his literary charades more or less cheerfully present a more or less repetitive series of matrimonial alarums and excursions. The De Vries wife-customarily strong, indulgent, humorless but invaluable -acts as a combined anchor and honeypot for the engaging, mercurial, hopelessly lightweight De Vriesian husband, who mostly can't pun his way out of a wet paper bag but is willing to die trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Two Is Company | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

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