Chekhov's Forgotten Gun

Anton Chekhov

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Anton Chekhov said if there's a gun in act one, it must fire in act three.

My gun: introduced page 1. Never mentioned again.

Pure suspense. Reader still waiting. Book ended in 1987.

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