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Charles Nicholl

Charles Nicholl is the author of Somebody Else, a study of the poet Arthur Rimbaud’s life in Africa.

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A Cock Fight

Charles Nicholl

‘And now, the night before the fight, with the moon high and nearing the full, came the final preparation: we were taking him to Auguste.’

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