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I don’t want to speak for Ed, but at this point, it is my belief that he and Ben have become friends. At the very least, they’re right on the cusp.

As of now they have exchanged a total of 38 emails.

One time Ben got mad and spoke in the voice of Patrick, but just once. He was sorry.

Ed was very kind.

So far Ben and Ed have discussed, outside of the review and the correction, the psychology of reading, Jorge Luis Borges, Thomas Pynchon and Twitter.

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— Patrick Somerville, “Thank you for killing my novel”