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The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds (Man Booker Shortlist, 2009)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 — 7:30–9:00 pm
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Foulds’ novel is grounded in fact, set in High Beach, a licensed lunatic asylum run along enlightened principles by Dr. Matthew Allen. Allen’s tale aligns with literary history through the delusional laboring-class poet John Clare, who was his patient for several years, and through Alfred Tennyson, whose family had a history of mental illness and who took up residence nearby. Allen also became involved in a scheme for the mass production of ecclesiastical wood carvings; his need for investors led to the Tennyson family’s ruin. Foulds fashions his intriguing premise into lyrical prose with a sure sense of time and place.
