If you like the philosophy of Paul Kingsnorth, you should read the novel Bothelford’s Gone by Edward McLaren. I’m listening to Kingsnorth on Audible while I drive and I’m reading McLaren on paper when I’m not. It’s the most unusual feeling to find oneself amidst a dialogue between a right-wing philosopher and a right-wing novelist.
I’ll talk about both books at length when I finish them but for now I want to say yay to right-wing art.
I’m eager to read the reviews! Both are on my list, but of course you recommended Trollope previously and I only just finished the Barchester novels, and started in on the Palliser books. So I might get to these in another five years…
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I like the Palliser series the most. So good.
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He’s so good, everybody should read him.
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I’m reading Le Camp des Saints. I won’t be done anytime soon (it’s well above my reading level), but the writing is exquisite. I think your French is likely as good as mine or better, so I’d recommend it to you (can’t comment on the translation.)
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I have it lined up! We are all reading the same things. It’s so cool!!
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And kudos for reading it in French. I’ll probably chicken out and go for the translation.
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This might be the time to take the plunge, I’m not sure how well this would translate. On the other hand, it’s an objectively foolish choice for an early literary foray into French. You could already read the preface for free on Amazon and decide from there (the novel itself is harder, but not insurmountable, especially since unlike me you’re used to 80 word sentences from your other languages.)
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