In visions of post-pandemic life, 'Roaring Twenties' beckon again


By AGENCY
  • Books
  • Sunday, 13 Jun 2021

Book to captures the mood of the times (from left) for 'The Great Influenza' by John M. Barry, 'Apollo’s Arrow' by Nicholas A. Christakis and 'Anything Goes: A Biography Of The Roaring Twenties' by Lucy Moore. Photo: AP

History repeats itself. But do decades duplicate?

As hopes rise that the pandemic is ebbing in the United States and Europe, visions of a second “Roaring Twenties” to match last century’s post-pandemic decade have proliferated.

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