Gary Knapton’s Reviews > The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone > Status Update

I love this book on loneliness which makes me feel connected, in mine, to others, in the modern city. 'It grows like mould or fur around us, a prophylactic that inhibits contact no matter how much I want it. I become hyper-vigilant, suspecting everyone, magnifying negatives. Blind to positives.' The ultimate taboo gets a brace and urgent and poetic address. A prince of books.