rolling dead writer obit thread

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RIP Christine Brooke-Rose.

Someone I've always meant to read, but never have. Waggish reading Xorandor was the most recent reminder that I should.

Kermode on Brooke-Rose

woof, Friday, 23 March 2012 09:40 (twelve years ago) link

Yeah I always saw the odd bk about - got the notion she ws a bit post-Ann Quin, etc. but never picked anything up.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 23 March 2012 10:20 (twelve years ago) link

Sad to say I wasn't aware of her, but that Kermode review makes me want to put that right in the near future.

red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 March 2012 10:25 (twelve years ago) link

i was looking at the zbc just the other day. i should get into her, i guess

thomp, Friday, 23 March 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link

i have read some of the ZBC now i've looked at the cover. it seemed unlikely that i hadn't.

red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 March 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link

seven months pass...

Not a writer, but RIP Valerie Eliot.

woof, Monday, 12 November 2012 10:24 (eleven years ago) link

Oh, here's the Telegraph obit.

woof, Monday, 12 November 2012 10:25 (eleven years ago) link


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