Monday, December 11, 2017

In the November 30 London Review of Books:

"There is a great deal of beauty here," Oscar Wilde wrote[in a letter]. "The Kabyle boys are quite lovely. At first we had some difficulty procuring a proper civilized guide. But now it is all right and Bosie and I have taken to haschish[sic]: it is quite exquisite: three puffs of smoke and then peace and love."

Oscar Wilde: A 20th Century man stuck in the 19th Century.

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