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Only Too Much Is Enough Francis Bacon in his own words women irish writers were driven to createFrancis Bacon and Michael Peppiatt were close friends for over thirty years. As Peppiatt, the editor of this volume, tells us in his illuminating Introduction, the two would regularly embark on night time odysseys around London and Paris, ordering extravagant vintages, raising toasts to all and sundry, talking and laughing immoderately. Francis Bacons conversation was witty, provocative, and profound. In this volume, his long time friend, curator,