In case you were wondering, I fell off the Proust bandwagon for a couple of weeks. Unlikely as it may sound, my attention was diverted by Conrad Black’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, which isn’t quite as long as A la recherche du temps perdu, though it seemed that way toward the end. Fortunately, I wrapped it up last week, and am now deep into Le C
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
