The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck: ‘The second half of the couplet often completes the sentence or sentiment of the first’
That subtitle sums up the structure of Ben Shattuck’s beautifully constructed The History of Sound comprising twelve stories, each with a companion piece. That alone would have made me want to read it but the promise of a film adaptation starring Paul Mescal was an added spur; shallow as that might seem, he’s a such […]