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When Roth asks, at the end of the story, "Is it even remotely possible that Einstein is a missing Marx Brother?" he is commenting not only on the absurdity of the situation he has created but also the absurdity of everything.
It would be too simple to say he is commenting on the American psyche; in fact, he leaves much of the commentary to us.
And they say that in forcing his materials to decay, subjecting them to heat and soaking them in rusty water, he is commenting on life, death and rebirth.
But Mr. Galgut is not so much engaging in cheeky, modish self-referentiality here as he is commenting on the insignificance of identity and what he seems to see as the universality of his impotence.
David Douglas, on his way to east America in 1823, had hardly left London by coach for Liverpool when he is commenting on a plant he has seen by the wayside.
He writes about Southern women as if he is commenting on the Westminster dog show: "Southern women are a distinctive breed even today, admired for their femininity and outward-going personality".
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"Dave Cronenberg has proven, once again, how brilliant he is," commented Robin Van Dam.
If he was commenting on something, it was hard to know what.
"I like it a lot," he said, as though he were commenting on an appetizer.
He didn't want Joe to think he was commenting on his style.
He was commenting on a Congressional deal to forgive poor nations' debts.
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