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Words: Becky Driscoll When Huxley picked up his pen in 1931, he was writing against the backdrop of temporary technological optimism: Britain had won the war, a golden age of radio broadcasting was underway, and automobiles, telephones and electric appliances had become the norm to ease day-to-day domestic tasks. Gone were the medieval days of…
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Cormac McCarthy and the ‘Reader Sublime’ It’s just over a year since the world of American letters lost one of its all-time greats. June 13th, 2024 was one year on from the death of Cormac McCarthy, whose work appeals to the serious reader because it habitually delivers them to that most uncomfortable of nexus where…