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Andrew van der Vlies, The Conversation

‘Our Evenings’: Alan Hollinghurst’s elegiac look at class, sexuality, race in the post-Brexit era

The players soldier on, trying to find common footing on limited, shaky ground, though it is clear that new effects are at large.

Andrew van der Vlies, The Conversation
· Jan 18, 2025 · 05:30 pm
Nobel laureate JM Coetzee’s provocative first book turns 50 in 2024. And his most controversial, 25

‘Dusklands’ and ‘Disgrace’ address the complicity of writers in events that are too easily dismissed as beyond their capacity to influence.

Andrew van der Vlies, The Conversation
· Feb 04, 2024 · 05:30 pm