This reminds me that close friends have given me *wonderful* reading recommendations, which I would have done well to heed, even at the expense of (what I usually think of as) my all-things-considered reading list. Relatedly: hey, what books should I read?https://twitter.com/AgnesCallard/status/1210368555302162435 …
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I’ve read these 3 times — they get better each time. Told in Tolstoyan style, it’s a sweeping portrait of all levels of a society consumed with its intrigues, affairs, rivalries, but which is headed for ruin. Plus, a lead character is a compulsive gambler.https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-transylvanian-trilogy-by-miklos-banffy/2013/12/10/c9aa2d1c-5d2d-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html …
Thank you! (FWIW I still have a copy of _The Conspiracy_ in this office, staring at me, telling me to read it, and also often reminding me of you.)
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Better review of Banffy: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323893504578555191669880334 …
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