I shall not attempt to stuff you with facts as a goose is stuffed with corn this would only lead to an engorged liver, which would be unhealthy. I shall not be pelting you with pie charts. ‘You will have observed that the title of this course is “Culture and Civilisation”. She looked around, smiled, was still, and began. She stood before us, without notes, books or nerves. In Elizabeth Finch, we are treated to everything we cherish in Barnes: his eye for the unorthodox forms love can take between two people, a compelling swerve into nonfictional material (this time, through Neil’s obsessive study of Julian the Apostate, following on notes Elizabeth left for him to discover after her death), and the forcefully moving undercurrent of history, and biography in particular, as nourishment and guide in our current lives.
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