Here's half a sentence from
that book about Wagner: "The
Parisian aesthete Robert de Montesquiou, in his
book-length poem THE BATS..." Stop right there! That's all I need from a sentence. No need to continue. Although the end of the paragraph has another treat in store: "Montesquiou had a pet
bat whom he considered the reincarnation of Ludwig." That's King Ludwig II of
Bavaria to you!