London Review of Books

Ian Thomson’s first article for the London Review of Books was published in 2011. The journal was founded in 1979 by Karl Miller and Susannah Clapp.

Ian Thomson · Diary: Assault on the Via Salaria

14 Apr 2011

We had scarcely agreed on the place when something hard hit me on the back of the head.
I sat for a while on the marble steps outside the flat, my vision blurred and a taste of copper in my mouth.

London Review of Books

Ian Thomson · Diary: Assault on the Via Salaria · LRB 14 …

14 Apr 2011 – Ian Thomson is the author of Primo Levi and The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern … We had scarcely agreed on the place when something hard hit me on the back of the head. … I sat for a while on the marble steps outside the flat, my visionblurred and a taste of … Now look at the clock on the wall over there.