Tales of my bad-girl friend, by Janet Malcolm
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, the great American essayist recalls being pulled into the orbit of a charismatic rebel
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In an extract from her posthumous memoir, the great American essayist recalls being pulled into the orbit of a charismatic rebel