Nick Hordern
Nick Hordern reviews 'The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays' by Simon Leys
Nicholas Hordern
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Simon Leys is the pen name of the distinguished academic Pierre Ryckmans, who came to notice, first as a sinologist, then as a critic and author. The essays in this collection, composed over more than three decades during which Ryckmans held appointments at the Australian National University and the University of Sydney, cover a wide range of subjects ...
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Published in
February 2012, no. 338