The Life and Passion of Aleck Maury Bernanos so perfectly captures the enervated

so perfectly captures the enervated carnality and marmoreal frigidity of the Lost Generation

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and Vera throws herself into farming and animal husbandry—all of them seeking to find what once was lost

The Life and Passion of Aleck Maury Bernanos so perfectly captures the enervatedBy Caroline Gordon The Life and Passion of Aleck Maury is, on the surface, a sportsmans autobiography. (In fact, it is a retelling of the life of Gordons own father.) A classicist and teacher by profession, as well as a husband and father, Aleck Maury finds delight in nothing so much as he does in fishing and hunting. Set aflame at the young age of eight on a possum hunt, Alecks passion becomes the defining feature of his existence, transcending the