... apply himself to the guitar, Tartar would stay up all night with him, turning the 'leaves' of the Teach Yourself Guitar book that Nesta had bought, as he strummed the chords, peering at the diagrams in the light of a flickering oil lamp. In the mornings their nostrils would be black from the lamp's fumes. Nesta had quit school by the time ... ...

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