The Spectator discovers Kafka is dangerous, eighty years late

Spectator Australia · Mark Harman · Thursday 23 April 2026

The Spectator discovers Kafka is dangerous, eighty years late

A literary warning about the perils of Kafka from a magazine whose real contribution to alienation is its subscription renewal process.

The Spectator's worried about the catastrophic consequences of reading Kafka. Mate, the catastrophic consequences are reading the Spectator — at least Kafka warned you the bureaucracy was the problem before he made you part of it.

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