To be silent the whole day, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself.
And what better place to do it in than "Melbourne" with Henry Miller's "The Colossus of Maroussi" for company. This memoir of a Greek holiday perfectly captures the splendour and magic of the country. It's peppered with portraits of poets and artists, including friend Lawrence Durrell.
Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, and a much-read and much-loved book with a bookmark stuck between the pages.
