The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with senior editor Mark Bauerlein. In this episode, Mark is joined by Theodore Dalrymple to discuss his book The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd, co-authored with Kenneth Francis.
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