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Back to this, and enjoying it. Meades does have a nice turn of phrase: "In the foetid afterbirth of mass death men were making money... This calvary of burnt trees represents a business opportunity... Here's a city whose cellars are filled with bits of the houses that once hid them... Here's an old soldier on the street where he might have lived when the great lie seemed true"

"Nobility, culture, what people consider aesthetic. It isn't the Ryuan Temple that you see, but simply a pile of stones. The only really organic concern that people have is politics. It's a shame, isn't it? One can almost say that human beings are no more than self-defiling creatures."

Decent start. Intro writer compares it to Dostoyevsky, and I can see what they mean. Have read a bit of Mishima before and didn't really get into it. I'm liking this one, though - wish I'd read it before visiting the Golden Pavilion a few years back.

Finally found this again. Good stuff - enjoying a lot.

Damn this book is long...