(Pat Barker is a lady, which i didn't realise until recently, because wwi war poets struck me as a man's subject)
that said, a Google image search makes her look like two different people. but both of them are female.
― koogs, Monday, 9 August 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
here's where I admit to enjoying Generation X
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 9 August 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
i think i'd've enjoyed it more if i hadn't read microserfs first
― koogs, Monday, 9 August 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
It’s either Time’s Arrow or Jernigan for me, I guess.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 August 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
Heard of Quignard and quite like to read him and not sure why I've not come round -- see there is quite a lot in translation.
I've only read the Tabucchi. Like but won't vote for it. Like Emily finding this period a tad barren.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 9 August 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Like fuck is American Psycho better than the Saramago, grumble grumble.
I recall the kerfuffle over the Amis book having cribbed its conceit from all three of Vonnegut, Dick and Ballard, but now since a proper writer was doing it all was well.
I thought Ballard and, to a lesser extent, Vonnegut were always seen as Proper Writers?
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 10:02 (two years ago) link
I thought I’d voted for sure. :(
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 11:26 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1992
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 14:32 (two years ago) link
Missed this on a camping trip, write-in for The Gold Bug Variations.
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link