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  • 27th
  • January
  • 2012

Marjorie Hakala Gives You 7 Reasons to Read A Dance to the Music of Time

millionsmillions:

Reason #1: They are unique.

Reason #2: They’re playfully, livably literary

Reason #3: Do you like England? These books are completely, uniquely, and ineluctably English.

Reason #4: They are wonderfully funny.

Reason #5: There is a judicious amount of world history.

Reason #6: Widmerpool.

Reason #7: The books are both discreet and entertainingly frank.

Seriously, some of my favourite books, even if I sometimes get parts of it confused with parts of Brideshead Revisited. I read each book as a single paperback with an awesome illustrated cover by Mark Boxer (I always eagerly watched for the scene illustrated on the cover), which may have been much more pleasant than reading the twelve books in four volumes.

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    I couldn’t care less how “ineluctably English” the series is or isn’t, I just know I spent all twelve
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    my favourite books, even if I sometimes get parts of it confused with parts of Brideshead Revisited. I read each book as...
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    will explain to you everything that ever happens to you in your life. You should read the series once
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