23 January 2008
Tim Parks: the problem with experts
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Now to our scribe in Italy. Author, essayist, critic and translator Tim Parks has lived outside Milan for about 25 years, which ought to qualify him as an expert observer of Italian culture and politics. But he recently discovered that, when the media say they want an expert, nuance and complexity is the last thing they expect. After all, they have stereotypes to maintain.
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Tim Parks
Italy-based novelist, critic, essayist and translator
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Tim Parks
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