The Hall of Uselessness by Simon Leys critical-thinking It charts the piano’s fascinating

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The Hall of Uselessness by Simon Leys critical-thinking It charts the piano’s fascinatingSimon Leys' cultural and political commentary has long been legendary for its profundity and acerbic wit. In The Hall of Uselessness his most significant essays are finally gathered together, on subjects ranging from China to Orwell, from Quixotism to the sea. Leys feuds with Christopher Hitchens, ponders the popularity of Victor Hugo and analyses whether Nabokov's unfinished novel should ever have been published. He dissects Mao's Cultural Revolution