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Gustav Jönsson is an essayist and critic based in Glasgow. Twitter: @GustavNJonsson
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Books
The Man Who Saw America
Olivier Zunz offers a new portrait of America's most famous French critic, Alexis de Tocqueville.
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Books
Treason of the Intellectuals
Julien Benda's classic book on the toxic mix of intellectuals and power is its own paradox.