笑话不再好笑：死亡与讽刺

Death and satire By Will Self When I was diagnosed with secondary my- elofibrosis three and a half years ago, like many others in similar situations, I took serious stock. The past few years had been difficult: I had expe- rienced a number of significant bereavements, including the deaths of my brother-in-law and second wife, a succession of losses that had already pushed my personal Thanatos into . . . well, over- Drawings by Jonathan Twingley drive. Then there was the professional impasse: Increasingly, I had the feeling that the university system here in Britain was no longer functional. …