Dan Fox (3)
Author of Pretentiousness: Why It Matters
For other authors named Dan Fox, see the disambiguation page.
Works by Dan Fox
Frieze June July and August 2015 2 copies
Frieze March 2015 1 copy
Frieze April 2015 1 copy
Frieze, No 171, May 2015 1 copy
Frieze April 2016 1 copy
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Pretentiousness: Why It Matters by Dan Fox
Quirky little book, basically a few essays stitched together. Partly an examination of what pretentiousness is, partly a defense of it, partly looking at the good sides of at least some pretentiousness. Blessedly short but could have been even a bit shorter. Nice biographical postscript at the end.
Really lovely clarity of writing. Runs all kinds of references and concepts in to each other - per travelogue, part autobiography, part cultural dissection of the idea of Limbo and suspended spaces/time. Probably the only book I’ve read that references Thoreau, Winnicott and Douglas Adams with equal weight, which is glorious tbh.
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