Of course, I’d lied to the editors of Vogue and told them I spoke perfect French.
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
Nothing to see here!

Peace Shall Destroy Many
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Blue Sky Days
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Vladimir in Love
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
Edmund White
Edmund White is a novelist and literary critic. He has written some twenty-five books – novels, memoirs, travel books, biographies and essays. He has written on Sartre, Genet, homosexual desire and sex as well as on Proust and Paris. He teaches writing at Princeton and is a contributing editor at Granta.
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