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Barney's Rubble

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Literature, history and politics with a dash of Hitchens, a sprinkle of Vidal and a whole lot of rubble.

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About Vincenzo Barney

Vanity Fair contributor who broke the story on Cormac McCarthy's secret muse, Augusta Britt. My work has appeared in Vanity Fair, AirMail, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Expat Press.

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