On paper, Blair Eggleston was bold, cold, and ruthless. Like so many of our younger novelists, his whole tone was that of a disillusioned, sardonic philanderer who had drunk the wine-cup of illicit love to its dregs but was always ready to fill up again and have another. There were passages in some of his books, notably Worm i' the Root, and Offal, which simply made you shiver, so stark was their cynicism, so brutal the force with which they tore away the vails and revealed Woman as she is.
(from Hot Water, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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