As with every year when the Booker prize long-list and the subsequent shortlist are announced I take a look, ostensibly for the purpose of finding new things to read but always in the hope of seeing something on there that I have already read. The usual turn of events is that the list features some books that IContinue reading “Harold Fry and the 2012 Booker”
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The Art of Fielding
I was going to write a blog post about how I have just finished reading The Art of Fielding, and how it is a Great American Novel about the Great American Novel. I was going to talk about how The Great American Novel, such as it is, tempers the American Dream and how the twoContinue reading “The Art of Fielding”
Arthur
Just got back from the cinema after seeing the remake of Arthur. I thought the film was alright, I’m not sure Brands performance was career killing, but then I wouldn’t say I know enough about acting or American pop culture to say whether it is or isn’t. There were however a couple of things aboutContinue reading “Arthur”
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