TASMANIAN novelist Richard Flanagan has produced a puzzle: is “Question 7” a novel? An autobiography? An essay on the history of science? All of the above? Why “Question 7” anyway?
First of all, the facts: In 1913, 42-year old HG Wells started a passionate love affair with 19-year-old Rebecca West. Wells was fascinated, entranced and afraid of this formidable young woman who, in turn, was e...
