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Pole: A Novel Lee Wardlaw From Helen Parr's advice toRenowned for his sparse yet powerful prose, J. M. Coetzee is unquestionably among the most influential and provocative authors of our time. With characteristic insight and a brittle wit that forces our attention on the common terrors we don't want to think about (Washington Post), Coetzee here challenges us to interrogate our preconceptions not only of love, but of truth itself. Exacting yet unpredictable, pithy yet complex, Coetzee's The Pole tells