Long, low and wide, with a hood that can be measured in furlongs, the M6 has foot-wide rear tires, heroic brakes (love the blue calipers) and a cruel, humorless, inscrutable face, like Iron Man with a kidney stone.

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Lewis, who never anticipated feeling intense romantic love, finds this twist of fate inconceivably cruel: the great experience of his life turns out to be a case of too much, too late.

NEWYORKER: Shadowlands

In his writing, he combined a caustically cruel eye with overflowing sentiment, often directed at the young men friends he fell in love with.

ECONOMIST: French writers