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US president John F Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, seconds before JFK was shot. Donald Trump is releasing thousands of documents about the killings of JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, and Robert Kennedy. Picture: Jim Altgens/AP
Nothing can ever be quite as sad as the books to be found in thrift shops, testifying, as they do, to the death of a generation of readers. A handful of recent thrillers may appear, but for the most part, what crowd the shelves are bunches of old — sometimes very old — books.
Guessing the age of the previous owners doesn’t even require a potential purchaser to open the title page to view dedications wishing someone a happy birthday, with a 20th century year underneath.
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