Contemporary Review, November 1st, 1997
Two and a half decades have passed since Palinurus put out to sea and slipped away in the long sleep from the Aenean helm, and yet, like some never-lived Flying Dutchman, he is still to be glimpsed on the horizon, sailing steadfastly on, half-hid behind a rainbow spray and spume of words. This is the third resurrection of Cyril Vernon Connolly, always intent to outdo anybody else, no matter how sacred, the official and definitive exhumation, in 653 winding sheets of reverent-ish print. Once more then into the necromancer's dark parlour to the sound and fury of trumpet and tambourine and a deal...
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