The Whole Thing by Michael Foley Alan Buckley At once virtuosic and vulnerable

At once virtuosic and vulnerable

translator of A Blaze in a Desert: Selected Poems by Victor Serge

a book that made me laugh and almost cry

the poet takes us through rooms

The Whole Thing by Michael Foley Alan Buckley At once virtuosic and vulnerableEverything is connected. So, to understand anything one must understand everything. And so, when a 69 yearold man decides to comprehend the minutiae of an ordinary day it is necessary for him to understand his life also, which in turn entails understanding the history of the universe, though only from the Big Bang on. Michael Foley weaves together these three strands in the story of a transformation from youthful despising through mid life failure to