The identity of the infamous "Bernardo Soares" author of the objectionable
review of CCCP8 (taking one of Pessoa's minor heteronyms for the purpose)
can at last be revealed. All along I knew it reminded me of something and
at last I tracked it down.
A different vocabulary, a different position, but the identical attitude,
the identical tone--- The same smugness, even snobbery / the same reliance
on self-evidence / the same vaunting of circumstantial tourism.... The
same assumption of "authority" behind snide refusal to listen...
The same "weary smile", the same "satisfied with my dissatisfaction"...
"She was followed by Rod Mengham, a more than usual raspberry-like member
of the group."
A review of the "Conductors of Chaos" reading at the Pompidou Centre in
Paris, printed in TLS April 11th 1997, and signed by one, "Hugo Williams".
/PR
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