In Search of Lost Time was actually mostly written in a cork-lined room opposite the building where Eurodollars were later born (the Soviet-controlled Banque Commerciale pour l’Europe du Nord). Somehow Josh left off this important fact in his otherwise amazing piece.
Josh SperoHaving spent a very happy 18 months sinking into its 3,000 pages, I have written about why reading Proust is essential in the 21st century as.ft.com/r/32995bbf-8...