‘Of course it’s a forbidden book,’ she said, ‘but you should read it, while it’s in circulation again.’ ‘I don’t understand,’ I said. ‘Oh, but haven’t you noticed? Banned writers are back in the bookshops. It’s because of the Olympiad. So that tourists won’t think things are quite as repressive here as has been made out. Of course, they’ll disappear again as soon as it’s all over but, if only because they are forbidden, you should read them.’
On forbidden books
