Prospero has always felt most at ease in a study, surrounded by books. - Peter Greenaway

Jerome was dyslexic until he was twelve, before it became fashionable. And he broke every pair of glasses I bought him. He hated wearing glasses. He was good at breaking things. Especially relationships. Just like his father.

There is some comfort to be had in contemplating the folly of so many dead, don't you think? … and more comfort still in contemplating the continuity.

No more. A puff of writing long gone. Is this the child pulling on the flying cloth of its mother's last worn dress?