..................... Parrot Droppings (The Book Of Gus #3) .....................

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Flaubert always sides with minorities, 

with "the Bedouin, the Heretic, the philosopher, 
the hermit, the Poet."

In 1867,  forty-three gypsies pitched camp 

in the Cours La Reine and aroused 

much hatred among the Rouennais.

Flaubert delighted in their presence 

and gave them money. 

No doubt you wish to pat him on the head for this. 

If he’d known he was gaining the approval of the future, 

he’d probably have kept the money to himself.

Julian Barnes
Flaubert's Parrot 

From the chapter entitled
The Case Against 

Flaubert sans Parrot
continues
here. 

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