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What book comes to mind? (infosec.pub)
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[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Moby Dick!!!! Ishmael is one of the most amazing fictitious characters I’ve ever had the pleasure of encountering.

Honorary mention to The Brothers Karamazov.

The characters are so fleshed out that you really don’t get into the book’s plot until you’re 200 pages in.