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Fintan O’Toole talking about Flann O’Brien http://bit.ly/4lOOeB #
And O’Toole’s article on Flann O’Brien - Oblomov in Dublin http://bit.ly/1hjFD #
‘I still think if a book does not confront the crisis of purpose in contemporary life then it must go to the bin’
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publishers don’t like short stories unless they are VERY high concept, or by someone very strange, famous or Indian http://bit.ly/vMgZ2 #
using poetry to sell cars - the Ford Faberge’ that never was http://bit.ly/vMgZ2 #
“surely everyone (probably even Dan Brown) can agree that beyond high and low art there is also pure shit” http://bit.ly/qOOwU #
“A punk [...]

Should the laws of physics apply? Oyeyemi’s White is for Witchinghttp://bit.ly/14Uaxc #
Flightpaths - a networked novel
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Ruth Dudley Edwards takes Banville to task. Is he slumming it when writing as Benjamin Black?
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The Guardian ‘not the booker’ prize longlist is here - you can vote until the 23rd August
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Coetzee reads from his new novel [...]

Should the laws of physics apply to a novel? There are readers who,  not without reason, demand that yes, the laws of gravity, and thermodynamics must apply at all times if the work is to be taken seriously.
For example, if a character is to cross a room, they should do so - with or without [...]

RT @tweetmeme Cal - Bernard McLaverty | Is there a book in this blog? http://bit.ly/Ky1qk #
“it’s so serious, it’s so morally weighted that it could kill a novel”. Ian McEwan’s next subject: climate change http://bit.ly/9IDpv #
RT @tweetmeme The Engineer of Human Souls | Is there a book in this blog? http://bit.ly/nJG1g #
#bookgiveaway From [...]

Did you know socialism was bad? You did? Good. Because it is, you know. Bad, that is – not good. Just thought you might need straightening out on that point, the one about socialism being bad. A lot of you westerners think it’s good, you see. But it’s not. It’s bad.

This kind of preaching [...]

Picador are giving away a proof copy of John Banville’s latest novel The Infinities
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Raymond Chandler’s gin gimlet (an approximation): http://bit.ly/RhFxA RT @MaudNewton #
Man Booker longlist announced
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Are the Booker judges an ‘ethnicaly pure, upper middle class cartel’?
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Giles Coren doesn’t hit back angrily at Mr Barry’s review?
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Think the booker longlist got it wrong? [...]