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Mary McCarthy once said every book “should be published with instructions on how to read it,” - something she, in fact, did in her memoir, Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, which I explore in this essay for @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6984...

May 7, 2025, 8:09 AM

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