From Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, the novelist picks out the writers who portray true friendship as an antagonistic businessLars Iyer is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of two books on Blanchot (Blanchot's Communism and Blanchot's Vigilance: Phenomenology, Literature, Ethics) and his blog Spurious. He has also written two novels, Spurious and, published by Melville …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:41AM on February 8, 2012