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Ten of the best swimming scenes in literature
At the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best swimming scenes in literature.One title on the list:The Sea by John BanvilleNarrator Max Morden recalls a seaside holiday from childhood, including the best description I know of the absurd swimming styles of one's parents. His mother wallows in a soupy lagoon with "small, mistrustful pleasure"; his father goes "at a sort of hindered, horizontal





