Little did I know that the whirlwind of daily journalism leaves no time to read a novel, much less write one.

我压根儿不知道每天四处奔波跑新闻，就不可能有时间读小说，更不用说写小说。

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By next month, the little oasis represented by the Damien Hirst sale may have been blown completely away by the whirlwind in the financial markets.

ECONOMIST: Damien Hirst and the future of auction houses