It’s been 100 years since Mark Twain died, which means his autobiography can be published.
“When people ask me ‘did Mark Twain really mean it to take 100 years for this to come out’, I say ‘he was certainly a man who knew how to make people want to buy a book’,” Dr Hirst said.
Reasons he might have wanted it held back include his expressing doubts about God, questioning US foreign policy, and calling ladies sluts.
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My relationship with the Divine is dicey smetmioes. To me, it often seems like being told that one has this really wonderful relation that lives in Tibet or Finland or some place, and they really love you, but you just have to take it on faith.Amazing, though, how many people seem to think they have the Red Phone to Tibet, or Finland…