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A thrill, like a shot of good booze, ran through Elvis. He had once been a fanatic reader of ancient and esoteric lore, like The Egyptian Book of the Dead and The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft, and straight away he recognized what he was staring at. “Egyptian hieroglyphics,” he said.

Joe R Lansdale, Bubba Ho-Tep [Bookshop, Amazon]

Hermetic quote Lansdale Bubba Ho-Tep fanatical reader ancient esoteric lore

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February 17, 2021

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