Earlier this year, I was asked to contribute to a fundraiser for an American magazine, n+1, I occasionally write for. The idea was that some writers, including me, would each recommend a book, or a few books, and write âblurbsâ for them; these would be available to donors who took part in a competition in which they had a chance of winning these books.
Earlier this year, I was asked to contribute to a fundraiser for an American magazine, n+1, I occasionally write for. The idea was that some writers, including me, would each recommend a book, or a few books, and write ‘blurbs’ for them; these would be available to donors who took part in a competition in which they had a chance of winning these books. My blurbs – for three books I chose at random, two of them works that have stayed with me over decades, one a book that came out this this year – appear below and have remained unpublished until now.<br /> <br /> 1. Our...
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