ABSTRACT
I l l ~ r i ~ i g tlie winter of 1924-5 Jos(;'~li rented for some montlis Ranisay M:tcclonald's housc in L.onclon. This house stood on
Ilo~vnsllirc Flill, from wl~ich thcre is a virw ovcr half the city. Onc evening, scancling at a winelow, Joscpli lookecl down o:i t11~ thousancls of lights in row upon row of uninterrupted buildings. 'It's too big,' lie said aloutl. 'No one person can d o anything for it.'
