I should perhaps mention, in case anyone gets the wrong idea, that I make no value judgment as to the greater or lesser worth of “day” vs. “night.” I had so much fun reading
Suspicious Circumstances that it felt as good as getting high, no drugs needed. The wit and wisdom of its vignettes really prose poems laced with laughter dissect the customs and dispel the dreariness of ordinary life. They are a much-needed provocation, like Baudelaire’s
Paris Spleen turned inside out.
from SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: An Album of Events and Oddities with Thoughts on the Word What
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