'There is a sense on almost every page of Parisian Lives of the biographer settling scores and airing long-suppressed grievances. [...] . It’s a pity that the g

'There is a sense on almost every page of Parisian Lives of the biographer settling scores and airing long-suppressed grievances. [...] . It’s a pity that the generosity and kindness of Seamus and Marie Heaney and others towards her is described only in passing.' Instances of this remind me of the "Brother, I set her down on the other side of the river, why are you still carrying her?" koan (e.g. https://www.kindspring.org/story/view.php?sid=63753 https://www.kindspring.org/story/view.php?sid=63753 )