Yeah it really stands clear, my previous post notwithstanding
― he ain't perfect but fuck me he's a rheillee (imago), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
Since 2005 I've increased my tally from one to six and I thought most of them were fine, but the fact of their Booker Prize was totally irrelevant to my choosing to read them. My participation in I Love Books has been far more influential in leading me to good books.
― it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 21:08 (two years ago) link
Re what Banville said above, just in the last ten years Howard Jacobson, Julian Barnes, and George Saunders have all won. Is he mad that three women and a gay man won in a row after Saunders?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 00:15 (two years ago) link
the Coetzee in particular seemed to have a thesis that I instinctively thought was weird and bad even when I read it in my early 20s.
― what's fgti up to these days? nothing. she's fake (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 23:00 (ye
What's the thesis you didn't like?
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link