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He tried to emulate American writer Frank Norris. Norris wrote rings around Hemingway, and he wasn't on anyone's payroll but his publishers. “I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn't like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth.” ― Frank Norris, McTeague

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McTeague bump....