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Revisiting my teenage reading, when I was fascinated by Cold War spy stories because of the descriptions they offered of a world that existed simultaneously with but was cut off from my own. And John Le Carré is the crème de la crème of spy thriller authors -- that rare combination of brilliant storyteller and marvellous writer.

A weighty tome, forsooth, but so far an engaging and interesting description of Nietzsche's life and philosophy. The author draws extensively on Nietzsche's personal notebooks and the writings of those who knew him, plus correspondence between N. and friends & acquaintances, which provide much insight into his thoughts and feelings (& health), as well as the development of his philosophical and metaphysical thinking.

So far, exquisite and stunning. Makes one want to be a writer.

Brilliantly funny -- and roughly politically and historically accurate -- satire.

Delightedly re-reading these dozen delicious Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries

Green, green, magnificent countryside