About the sword stick ? Could have been Nick, might have been Bagshaw. My own suggestion would be AP didn’t think about it, just remembered Pamela was in the habit of throwing things into canals.
Reminds one of Trapnel’s manuscript
Pamela, her unhappiness singles her out, in a work of great sociability, as a private loner. Have to reread her Gwinnett interactions.
Fantastic stuff. I’ve a real soft spot for lighthearted ease that opens TK.
lacustrine essences richly distilled.. think it has one of the best openings, all the stuff with the elderly Italian singer, of the whole series. Nice looking edition.
Please let it be The Word Child..
Correct. And, who know nothing about their chosen subject which is wilder.
She really is one of the best, unique in what she puts her characters through.
if it was me I’d read the sea, the sea first.
I love the Word Child and the Black Prince.
Fair dues Andrew +Tom, looks like we’re back. GOYG
must be the first time ever, good luck
Liveblog ?
Hi Andrew,new liveblog wants me to log in to chat, forgotten password, ask to email me a link but no email ? Any advice ?
Birthplace of the great Jaan Kaplinski.
Sorry about that Donald, that’s tough
Modiano is a fantastic writer, looking forward to this..
One could justly insist that he made the most extensive use, bordering on the inexhaustible, of the suppleness and the compliance of his hands. Thoughts on Cézanne. Also maybe The Job Application ?
I have a real soft spot for Hilary B.
the flight into Egypt
… Author of The Waistline, a satire in free verse on Anglo American feeding habits
Ada or Ardor or ardent amatory adventures in Arcadian Ardiss or an awareness of archness in annotated arbours. Altogether amazing.
Pike, of course, will tell him.
not spoiling anything but it’s absolutely the saddest story you will ever read..
Think we’re ok for a while. Wily cardinals never vote young, no one wants to hang around for another twenty years.
important consideration which I’m sure they will bear in mind.
couldn’t be happier
Murdoch’s novels are always surprising and her characters do surprising things, tying themselves in comic (tragic) knots but Felicity in The Sandcastle tips the whole tone of the novel upside down in half a paragraph. #irismurdoch
