#Amis “But it was just the empty Echo of repetition, of a book rewritten; from his father still only silence” http://bit.ly/bi8Cbi # Powered by Twitter Tools.
‘Sleeping with John Updike’ – a short story by Julian Barnes http://bit.ly/7v5Z3b # BBC interview with ‘House of the Mosque’ author Kader Abdolah http://bit.ly/8ICtGQ # 50 Penguin authors were asked what their favourite book was, and four of them chose titles by… http://is.gd/6ZkhP RT @TheOrwellPrize # “often murders happen in the kitchen in the morning. […]
Edgar Allen Poe’s philosophy of furniture (via biblioklept and Roberto Bolaño http://bit.ly/6S5Vwr # Contrary to the expectations of some, the internet has boosted the written word – http://bit.ly/75spSe # A nice summary! RT @thecreativepenn The Future of Publishing: A Round Up from Experts http://short.to/13t1v via @tomcolvin RT @BiblioGeek # Evan Maloney remembers McCabe’s ‘The Butcher […]
Not since Snow White have mirrors been so vocal – the new Martin Amis novel ‘The Pregnant Widow’ http://bit.ly/4mHWua # ‘So who is Perkus Tooth anyway?’ – Jonathan Lethem answers http://bit.ly/7bAvO1 # Good interview with David Vann, over @writerspet http://bit.ly/4V4uBN # B.R.Myers is not impressed by the ‘strangled work-driven ways’ of E.Annie Proulx http://bit.ly/6iWtg4 # […]
About to start ‘House of the Mosque’ by Kader Abdolah. thanks @canongatebooks http://bit.ly/4yg5S8 # Finished Lauren Grodstein’s ‘A Friend of the Family’ – but can’t get it out of my head. A very fine novel. http://bit.ly/8UYJm0 # Colm Toibin Wins Costa Novel of 2009 for ‘Brooklyn’ http://bit.ly/6tqGcW # First novel read this year ‘ The […]
I don’t want to live in her world, but suspect that in fact I do. This is what makes her a great writer. http://bit.ly/5g7V7A # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Martin Amis interview – http://bit.ly/5CAjDb # Powered by Twitter Tools.
The Gogarty wave has hit Poland. Naturally it has been shorn of almost all context, leaving Poland with an image of Irish politicians as pugnacious, uncivilised and immature. But it’s much worse than that. Gogarty apologised for saying to his honourable friend “fuck you” one second after saying the words. Later that day he said […]
At first I put it down to my intoxicated state as I looked at the ad on the TV screen over the bar. Also, the sound was turned off. But I saw the ad again in a friend’s house and it really does go like this: a well-dressed man gets into a taxi where he […]