Mrs. Vollman–yes, last we heard, Bill was still married–must be the most tolerant woman on earth. Her husband is notorious for conducting meticulous research for his books, research that has included developing a crack habit (to understand drug addicts) and traveling for months through the world’s most unstable countries, with little access to communications and ample chances of getting one’s head shot off (to understand life in these places). Then there was the research involving lots of sex with lots of prostitutes, to understand, well, people who have lots of sex with lots of prostitutes. We hope Mrs. Vollman finds just reward in reading her wayward spouse’s books–epic and beautiful masterpieces that exercise language in new ways and illuminate dark corners of the non-Western world. Europe Central takes on the Western world during one of its darkest times, World War II.
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