Samuel Johnson
by John Wain
This book is wonderful for its sheer sympathy, perhaps because it is written from the point of view of a fellow poet and novelist. I knew Johnson was a Tory and I knew he had that boring old Tory caricature of being a crusty old reactionary, but it was a surprise to find that he was actually very bohemian.
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