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here: the fate of Western civilization, the American second chance, twentieth century despair, the threat of dehumanizing technology. Although the action occasionally staggers under this weight, Theroux carries it off with far more grace than we might expect from someone shouldering such hefty ambitions. And while he is not telling us anything new (novelists rarely do), by giving these considerations such cranky expression in Allie Fox, he makes us feel their urgency afresh, and that is all we can ask of the teller of tales.

Charles Ryder’s Schooldays and Other Stories By Evelyn Waugh

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here: the fate of Western civilization, the American second chance, twentieth century despair, the threat of dehumanizing technology. Although the action occasionally staggers under this weight, Theroux carries it off with far more grace than we might expect from someone shouldering such hefty ambitions. And while he is not telling us anything new (novelists rarely do), by giving these considerations such cranky expression in Allie Fox, he makes us feel their urgency afresh, and that is all we can ask of the teller of tales.

Charles Ryder’s Schooldays and Other Stories By Evelyn Waugh