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One of my 2026 goals. 12 books, 12 months. I'll be done in December. I went to a rare book fair in Chelsea and one of the booksellers there was raving about this. I promised him I would read it in '26. (And I trust his judgement, for he was selling a French set of Proust novels, two signed and inscribed by Marcel, for £90,000.)

I love this book and I love the concept of a writing chasing a story through decades and decades of such changes… but it is a book that needs to be savoured. Not a ‘few pages during lunchtime at desk’ book - which is why it is taking so long..who knows this series may be the 12 books I read this year !