Surge in sales of “difficult” books during worldwide lockdowns
Tom Clayton
A few months ago… no, weeks? Last week?! Are you kidding me, last week, a meme went around reminding everyone that Shakespeare (probably, maybe) wrote King Lear while in the 16th-century equivalent of lockdown, from… Read more »
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