NONFICTION
Selina Hastings, The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham. A Biography (Random House). Che antipatico queto Maugham (nella foto con Winston Churchill e H.G. Welles).

DA LEGGERE
L'articolo di David Lodge su Memento Mori di Muriel Spark: "Probably the first sentence at which most readers will smile or chuckle comes on page 2: Godfrey's wife Charmian sat with her eyes closed, attempting to put her thoughts into alphabetical order which Godfrey had told her was better than no order at all, since she now had grasp of neither logic nor chronology. One could base a masterclass in fictional technique on this little scene... " g/o.

PAROLE
Global + English = Globish. Robert McCrum spiega come l'inglese sia diventato globish. bg.