The Unquiet Grave
by Cyril Connolly
Buy on AmazonThe Unquiet Grave is a literary work by Cyril Connolly written in 1944 under the pseudonym Palinurus. It comprises a collection of aphorisms, quotes, nostalgic musings and mental explorations. Together with Enemies of Promise (1938), it is one of the two books for which the author is mainly remembered.
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"I’d especially give them a sad, poignant, questing little book called “The Unquiet Grave” by Cyril Connolly (written under the alias Palinurus)."
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"I certainly haven’t enjoyed anything more than “The Unquiet Grave,” by Cyril Connolly, which I went back and reread sometime early this year. I’ve loved it since I was a teenager."
By the Book: Donna Tartt · nytimes.com