hermie
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I like him. Although I've only read Norwegian Wood and 1Q84.
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I read those two and his book about running, the non-fiction one was my favourite. I have his book about the Tokyo sarin gas attacks and keep meaning to read it.I like him. Although I've only read Norwegian Wood and 1Q84.
I reckon I’ll get through life having read one (bad) Sylvian biography. But good to know, I’d have been slightly tempted otherwise.The other David Sylvian biography, The Last Romantic, isn't much cop either @Cornu Ammonis .
I picked it up for less than a fiver though and it was at least worth that much.
The protagonists in the erotic fiction the main character writes are called Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis Carmichael. Too perfect!The Pornographer by John McGahern. Really brilliant. Have only read Amongst Women besides this but now definitely want to check out all the rest.
My dad's claim to fame is that McGahern was his English teacher and my dad actually gets a very brief cameo in the Leavetaking (a brilliant book btw, the only McGahern i've read but will definitely be reading more)The protagonists in the erotic fiction the main character writes are called Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis Carmichael. Too perfect!
Amazing, what's the cameo? He lost his teaching job when one of his books was banned, right?My dad's claim to fame is that McGahern was his English teacher and my dad actually gets a very brief cameo in the Leavetaking (a brilliant book btw, the only McGahern i've read but will definitely be reading more)
Ah he's just a student in a roll-call but he stands out because he's called first and it's out of alphabetical order and it's because my dad was moved class in junior infants and they just wrote his name at the top of the roll. I believe he's explained (with relish) to a few scholars that there's no deep meaning in the order of the roll.Amazing, what's the cameo? He lost his teaching job when one of his books was banned, right?
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