Squirrels are the demons,tricksters and phantoms of the literary canon, from Nabokov to Nietzsche to NutkinAfter spending the past seven years writing The Portable Veblen, and a novel in which a squirrel plays a meaningful part,I can’t serve but feel solidarity with the mystical, diabolical, and ignoble and sublime squirrels that can be found in literary roles of all kinds. Here are a few of my favourites.
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Source: theguardian.com