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American literary scene. Moving to Sydney in 1943 Hooton submitted a book of poems titled "Leave Yourself Alone" to a publisher without success. Later he self-published "Things You See When You Haven't Got A Gun". In a new magazine, untitled, unpretentious and called simply "No. 1", the
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Libertarians (who especially revered Joyce's
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