<strong>The Benefactor</strong> Susan Sontags first book and first novel originallypublished in 1963 introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of ame... » 

The Benefactor Susan Sontags first book and first novel originallypublished in 1963 introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of amemoir by a latterday Candide named Hippolyte The Benefactor leads us on akind of psychic Grand Tour in which Hippolytes violently imaginative dreamlife becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the realworld. Sontags novel supplies a fascinating knowing acerbic portrait of acertain bohemian demimonde that flourished in France until quite recently. Moreimportant The Benefactor is a novel about ideasespecially religious ideasunlike any other funny acrobatic disturbing profound. «