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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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HP6: Digested

Today's digested read takes on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, at first condensing JK Rowling's 607 pages down into 476 words, and then, with a final flourish, reducing the sixth instalment of the record-breaking series to just four words:

Back to the future.

But is there anything that this elegant summary may have missed? Maybe it doesn't quite do justice to the gloomy atmosphere of Rowling's latest, perhaps it doesn't give enough weight to Harry's burgeoning sexuality.

Now it's your turn. You've got 10 words. Over to you.

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