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Glowing review of Maurizio Serra's "subtle, incisive and definitive biography" of Curzio Malaparte by John Gray in @newstatesman.com. "A cruel and perverse nature enabled him to access an ugly truth. A propensity for inhuman violence is integral to European civilisation."

May 8, 2025, 4:36 PM

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