As scriptwriter, Mr Yong partly retains the epistolary form of the novel and can turn a witty phrase.

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Lauren Myracle, a regular on these types of lists, came in at number one with her epistolary Internet Girl books.

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Nevertheless, after inspecting them more carefully, I reached the conclusion that her epistolary concision was motivated by a desire to avoid grammatical errors.

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The smart and entertaining result, published in 1987 when Wallace was 24, is covered in the fingerprints of his literary heroes, particularly Mr Pynchon but also Don DeLillo (with whom he went on to enjoy an epistolary friendship).

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They were, however, strange epistolary bedfellows.

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