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David writes in a captivating and open hearted way. His music is definitely also!

Assuming that it is largely autobiographic, it is interesting to discover a person's experience of something the experience of which will vary so much from one human to the other. Of course it entices to discover the past of Christian...

Fantastic journey through (elite) culinary times in Italy, how taste and needs change over time. There was so much use of cinnamon!

It's an interesting insight into Marcel Proust, his thinking and the influencing context in which he lived. I liked also the introduction suggesting how to read for yourself... "Everything is potentially a fertile subject for art... and that we can make discoveries as valuable in an advertisement for soap as in Pascal's Pensées" or "what separates voluntary from involuntary memory?".

A must read.
Barack and Michelle were without doubt the most middle of the road good people resident at the White House for 8 years since WWII.