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#28 (29.8.26) (opens the original)
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READChain Reaction, by Lee Child & Andrew Child.BantamThere’s an easy brutality to Lee Child’s style, which is apt. Reacher novel #31 — it could be #10, or #100 — involves more banging of heads, gruff quips, & big coincidences. But as with, say, a Bond story, you just sweep the flaws aside, & easily suspend the right bits of disbelief. Child (now a composite being) remains a superior writer to most writers of middlebrow literary fiction, by dint of knowing, consistently, what not to add. Chain R
#27 (17.7.26) (opens the original)
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(This week, I also wrote about faces – their cultural & philosophical history – for the New Yorker.)SEEI puritani, by Vincenzo Bellini.Royal Opera House, London WC2, until tomorrow<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-6W!,f
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