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An incisive collection of essays by the editor of the London Review of Books includes deeply considered pieces that explore topics ranging from a 19th-century encyclopedia and novel reviewing to parenthood and gender dynamics that limit women. --
Introduction / by John Lanchester -- I was dilapidated -- Civis Britannicus fuit -- Next to godliness -- The language of novel reviewing -- Narcissism and its discontents -- Death and the maiden -- Divorce me -- Patty and cin -- Hagiography -- Vita longa -- Sisters' keepers -- Fortress freud -- Lady Rothermere's fan -- Quarrelling -- Promises -- Nonchalance -- Attraction duty -- My distant relative -- Brussels -- What if you hadn't been home -- Peter Campbell -- Flirting is nice -- What a mother.