Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

The joy of Thomas Mann’s diabolism

He is ideal reading for the ecstatic diseased

Caption: Thomas Mann: what a serious guy! But I love that Dionysian 10 per cent of him [Credit: Lebrecht Music & Arts / Alamy Stock Photo]

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