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Go Gentle by Maria Semple review – a joyfully...
A Stoic philosopher navigates midlife in this madcap comedy from the author of Where’d You Go, BernadetteWhat would Marcus Aurelius have made of the Kardashians? Would Seneca have been amused by mindfulness apps? These were questions I had never consciously pondered before reading Maria Semple’s new novel. Neither, in my irrational and unvirtuous state, had I spent much time considering the application of Stoic philosophy to any other key aspects of modern life.Semple, best known for her exubera
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