The TMO litblog is a collection of short posts, reviews, and tweets dedicated to literary fiction and book news.
Julian Barnes on John Updikes Rabbit Quartet http://ow.ly/vasr Now re-published by Everyman http://ow.ly/vasT RT @blhupdates # Amos Oz’s ‘Rhyming Life and death’ reviewed as part of Canongate’s literature world tour – http://bit.ly/2FyOob # Powered by Twitter Tools.
New Post on The Death of Bunny Munroe – Nick Cave | Is there a book in this blog? http://bit.ly/XayHp # Powered by Twitter Tools.
When I first saw the candy crusted bunny leering at me from a shelf in a bookshop, I thought ‘ah…another post- modern whatever self-absorbed ramble from a worthy author’s jadedness’. I have a particular weakness for being both attracted to and repelled by such narcissism which is why my eye wandered up to ‘The Death […]
Not sure what to make of Tim Davys’ Amberville, but I’m enjoying it a lot http://bit.ly/AnPKd # Both #6 and #7 deserve their places in The Millions’ countdown Millennium list: http://www.themillions.com/ RT @harmlessfraud # Powered by Twitter Tools.
after a thumbs up from @harmlessfraud, I’m going to read ‘Under the Volcano’ by Malcolm Lowry # Nick Cave talks to the Guardian about ‘The Death of Bunny Munro’ http://bit.ly/wnUND # From the TMO archives – John Banville and the reigning spirit of the novel, thanatos http://bit.ly/oOBUy # Mark Sarvas writes about E. Annie Proulx’s […]
Man Booker shortlist is announced http://bit.ly/1fNsw # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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’ http://bit.ly/qFUCW # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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