[issybird]

Originally Posted by BenG

The London Review of Books has a nice article about Benson and his family:
Oh, you clever people!

Thank you; that was fascinating. I was familiar with the general outlines of the Benson family, but nothing approaching that detail or insight.

However, I have to take exception to his blanket disparagement of the family literary output. I'm not saying most of it wasn't junk or tedious or both, but the Lucia books are delightful fun and valued by many, even some with taste , and I found Ronald Hugh Benson's dystopic novel Lord of the World not without interest.