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There was a lot of speculation about SpenderтАЩs visit. Initially, everyone thought he was a poet but later they heard that he was an editor. The author describes him as a tall, very English and a serious person. It was evident from BossтАЩ speech that he knew very little about the visitor. When Spender addressed the gathering they were all dazed as they couldnтАЩt understand his accent and didnтАЩt understand what he was talking about.
Even Spender must have sensed the incongruity of being called to talk about the travails of an English poet in a film studio making simple Tamil films. His visit remained an unexpected mystery. It was only much later that Asokamitran learnt that the reason why the boss had invited Spender. Spender was disillusioned with communism and had contributed an essay in a book on communism called тАШThe God That FailedтАЩ.