“It all comes down to syphilis in the end.” #againstnature #huysmans

Inevitably, the effect of the Julian Barnes being what it was, I turned to Huysmans' "Against Nature" straight away! Interestingly, it's only been lurking on the TBR since 2019 when I picked it up at the local Oxfam and it's highly likely that that was because I'd listened to the excellent Backlisted episode on the book. Indeed, the notorious section with the gilded tortoise has become a recurring…

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