Galleria di flanerie
Richard Sackler, one of the many, ahem, persons of interest in 'Empire of Pain'.
Halloween reading. Plus it’s always nice to support a struggling writer…
Happy Birthday, Mr Z.
Very sorry to hear that the iconic Gibert Jeune is closing down. How many books did I buy there over the years?
Photo from TLS 12 June 2020
Marcelo Bielsa, enigmatic genius.
From The Guardian, 4th January 2020.
Virginie Despentes, whose books I'm really enjoying.
Artwork by Jean Tarride for the 1932 film of The Yellow Dog
Derek Mahon, 1941-2020, RIP.
The Flann Man (Flann O’Brien by his brother Micheál Ó Nualláin, 1957).
'The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois’, by Fortunio Matania. This painting relates to an incident in France in May of 1915, when the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Munster…
(immagine principale)