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    'The End of the End of the Earth' is Jonathan Franzen at his idiosyncratic best

    Nov 28, 2018 3 minutes

    Way down south in Antarctica, Jonathan Franzen trains his binoculars on the crumpled ice and snow and, lo, discovers a rare Emperor Penguin. Although he is not on a birding cruise, Franzen becomes an instant celebrity. The captain of the cruise ship even changes course to get a glimpse of this good fortune, and Franzen gets a special table at that evening’s dinner.

    “For forty years, in large social groups, I’d accustomed

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