Sublime

“And the truth is, I was only ever going out to find someone to stay in with.”

a deeply unfashionable man is invited into a privileged world and in so doing creates the coolest club on the planet.

ersatz.

Over the years, Sammy had regretted nearly everything about his affair with Bacon except, until now, its secrecy. The need for stealth and concealment was something that he had always taken for granted as a necessary condition both of that love and of the shadow loves, each paler and more furtive than the last, that it had cast. Back in the summer

lilting,

Miller could not always control his instincts, but he trusted them.

was in his early forties, they said – though also round about his twenties. He was married, they said – also not married. Definitely he was ‘connected’ – though ‘unconnected’ at the same time.

Ce samedi soir, ils avaient regardé un film ensemble, et à un moment Harold et Julia s’étaient mis à parler des rénovations de la cuisine à Truro. Il était à moitié assoupi, les écoutant parler à voix basse, leur conversation si insipide qu’il ne pouvait en suivre aucun des détails, mais celle-ci lui procurait en même temps un grand sentiment de pa