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judasmuppet · Post by **judasmuppet** » 17 Nov 2006, 20:02

Don Eduardo";p="826764 wrote:Has anyone read or is going to read Desai's The Inheritance of Loss?

I read reviews and see it as another one of those Booker winning, wishy washy descriptions of the cultural loss of the East (hey, India again!) after the havoc wrought by the evil colonialists. Translation - Rushdie clone.

I'm willing to give it a go. That or I'm going to read Gormenghast again.

Haven't heard of it, but did see Rushdie's latest in the bargain shop. Anyone read that? I liked Fury a lot.

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 18 Nov 2006, 05:21

Just read Coetzee's Foe. It was good for my writing and nothing more.

Mobiesque · Post by **Mobiesque** » 18 Nov 2006, 08:30

"You Write?", he asked, honestly and with interest.

Don Eduardo · Post by **Don Eduardo** » 18 Nov 2006, 09:42

Coetzee rocks me. I loved Foe. I had to read for it a class straight after Robinson Crusoe. Probably the best way to enjoy that one. I loved Disgrace as well.

I recently learned he is a friend of one of my mum's friends. I just fear if I ever met him I'd just end up making South African jokes. "Deplometic Emmunity" and such.

judasmuppet · Post by **judasmuppet** » 19 Nov 2006, 05:50

I've only read Coetzee's "Youth", which was OK.

Don Eduardo · Post by **Don Eduardo** » 22 Nov 2006, 03:44

I just smashed Kundera's Unbearable Lightness Of Being in two nights. Highly recommended.

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 22 Nov 2006, 03:46

I write as in I'm writing and attempting to find the "right style" for a bio/fiction I'm attempting. Bearing in mind I have not been educated and never studied english, this should be interesting.

Mobiesque · Post by **Mobiesque** » 22 Nov 2006, 06:42

With the anecdotes of your friend told to the chosen league round a campfire late one...a little while back?

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 22 Nov 2006, 06:49

Yes, that's him. Not sure if I could make it into a story, but his life seemed pretty eventful to me.

ReverseEngineer · Post by **ReverseEngineer** » 22 Nov 2006, 18:07

Don Eduardo";p="828421 wrote:I just smashed Kundera's Unbearable Lightness Of Being in two nights. Highly recommended.

that's an old fave
I haven't read any other Kundera though
is it worth anything?

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 22 Nov 2006, 18:13

I'm currently laughing like a fucking madman along to Fear Anf Loating on the Campaign Trail 72 in work. They think I'm crazed.

Mobiesque · Post by **Mobiesque** » 22 Nov 2006, 23:18

Tis a good'n

I'm a Generation of Swine fan. Oh, and that last collection he put out.

judasmuppet · Post by **judasmuppet** » 23 Nov 2006, 00:51

The third and final book of letters and whatnot, "The Mutineer: Rants, Ravings, and Missives from the Mountaintop 1977-2005" comes out in January. I'm on to it.

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 14 Dec 2006, 11:57

Just finished Fear and loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, just started Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and it's so funny it's had me in stitches. Also got two books delivered late for my birthday; Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern by John Gray and The Fountain at the Centre of the World by Rob Newman. I've started reading the John Gray book, it's so easy to digest and interesting (just like Heresies and Straw Dogs I guess). I cannot wait to get my teeth into the Rob Newman book. Manners by Rob Newman is my favourite piece of fiction ever.

I've dropped heavy hints that I want Arthur Koestler's Arrival and Departure for Christmas.

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Robert Newman - Manners.

John Gray - Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern.

Arthur Koestler - Arrival and Departure.

Robert Newman - The Fountain at the Centre of the World.

Thunder Beer · Post by **Thunder Beer** » 14 Dec 2006, 15:15

Nam Tsao";p="828776 wrote:I'm currently laughing like a fucking madman along to Fear Anf Loating on the Campaign Trail 72 in work. They think I'm crazed.

Best HST!

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 14 Dec 2006, 16:29

Get Manners from the library, tell me what you think.

Thunder Beer · Post by **Thunder Beer** » 14 Dec 2006, 18:14

Ill check it out after x-mas...

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 14 Dec 2006, 18:16

Coolios.

Thunder Beer · Post by **Thunder Beer** » 14 Dec 2006, 18:40

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 26 Dec 2006, 15:25

Finished Al Qaeda by Gray (very interesting read) and also finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Just started The Third Policeman by Flan O'Brien which seems excellent so far.

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 28 Dec 2006, 17:13

100+ into Third Policeman. I think I guessed the ending by the fifteenth page or so. It's funny as fuck. Great, great, great book.

Mobiesque · Post by **Mobiesque** » 28 Dec 2006, 20:26

Way up on my faves list. Flann is a veritable font of wit. Go the Dalkey Archive after for a (sort-of) prequel.

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 29 Dec 2006, 04:06

Cool. I'll probably read Jazz by Toni Morrison next, maybe The Dubliners by Joyce. I don't know. I didn't get Arrival and Departure in the end which was a little disappointing. I spent all my birthday cash on Christmas presents too, so can't afford it.

fatDmass · Post by **fatDmass** » 31 Dec 2006, 04:50

just picked up 'imagining the tenth dimension'
animaiton http://www.tenthdimension.com/medialinks.php
simultaneously reading 'the story of B,' same vein as ishmael, uses fiction to illustrate a point, though much of the material is historically accurate ie antichrist. can't comment further only 30 pages deep, damn good so far... read some turtledove and very plausible as far as alt history goes. American civil war= drunken mistakes by the south

Eviltoastman · Post by **Eviltoastman** » 31 Dec 2006, 04:58

De Selby is my new hero. He is a veritable Willy Wonka.