Lucas visits Miss Beam’s school, where children learn kindness by spending a day blind, lame or dumb; follows the scattered paintings of Vermeer through sale rooms and galleries; and muses on fools’ paradises, the consolers of genius, sunburn and an American hero. Each piece is short, curious and lightly ironic.
Ideal for readers who enjoy the familiar essay at its most companionable, from one of its Edwardian masters. Download the free EPUB.