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The horror of finding oneself ‘young-old’

‘I used to run upstairs all the time,’ sixtysomething Marcus Berkmann recalls wistfully, as, midway through life’s journey, he wakes to find himself in a dark wood

11 November 2023

9:00 AM

11 November 2023

9:00 AM

Still a Bit of Snap in the Celery, or K.B.O. Marcus Berkmann

Abacus, pp.224, 16.99

It’s a familiar tale. Midway through life’s journey, Marcus Berkmann woke to find himself in a dark wood, where the right road was wholly lost and gone. Without a Virgil to guide him through the trials and torments of middle age, he composed a bestselling memoir based on his experiences, A Shed of One’s Own – not so much a divine comedy as a mildly amusing stocking-filler.

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