Brad Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 13 hours ago, ghost of miles said: 😯 I just reread TSAR last summer (in the new LOA edition) and think I remember seeing a reference around that time to this particular book.  Getting ready to start this newly-arrived NYRB Classic: Wonderful book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 On 10/9/2021 at 10:01 PM, BillF said: Joe Orton appeared (characterized by some actor) in a movie I once saw. I just don't remember which movie. He was living in Tangier in the early 60s, when a lot of beats lived there. And Bowles, of course. And that life in Tangier appeared in the movie. I still have the image of him and his partner lying in the sun on a rooftop in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 This one perhaps? Very good, written by Bennett and two very good actors in Oldman and Molina https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears In the 80s I worked in the public library department where he and Halliwell had defaced the book sleeves. Ironically they'd become the prizes of the collection  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 58 minutes ago, Bluesnik said: Joe Orton appeared (characterized by some actor) in a movie I once saw. I just don't remember which movie. He was living in Tangier in the early 60s, when a lot of beats lived there. And Bowles, of course. And that life in Tangier appeared in the movie. I still have the image of him and his partner lying in the sun on a rooftop in my mind. Yes, there's a photo in the biography of Orton, his partner (and later, murderer) Kenneth Halliwell and British actor Kenneth Williams. Here it is (l to r: Orton, Williams, Halliwell):  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Oh, great. Thanks. I didn't know he'd been murdered by his partner. Though it sure is in the movie. But I remember it very hazily. Probably long ago. 3 hours ago, mjazzg said: This one perhaps? Very good, written by Bennett and two very good actors in Oldman and Molina Yes it was that one. Sure. For some reason I mixed it up with My beautiful launderette and thought it was something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Edith Wharton: The Age Of Innocence - for our book club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghost of miles Posted December 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 I’ve read four of Kevin Starr’s California history volumes—the ones covering the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and 1950-1963—but never realized until a phone conversation with a friend several nights ago that there was a second 1930s entry that serves as an interstitial piece in Starr’s narrative. Now eagerly diving into it, as I’ve greatly enjoyed the four that I already read in the early aughts: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sidewinder Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 Oxfam find - interesting read, compiling their judgement on key recordings by the decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 Louise Erdrich: The Sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Jill McCorkle: Hieroglyphics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjazzg Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, BillF said: Any good? I never enjoy McEwan novels as much as all the hype suggests I should but always willing to give him another shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Any good? I never enjoy McEwan novels as much as all the hype suggests I should but always willing to give him another shot  Well, who's better in this country today? Dwarfed, though, I'd say, by the likes of Jonathan Franzen and Richard Ford, but they're American. As in jazz, a shortage of giants today IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 I usually order my books by Romanian online libraries. I This one is very fine. Sure I "could" read it in english, but that would take to much time, I might have to use the dictionary quite often...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) On 18/12/2021 at 7:08 PM, BillF said: Well, who's better in this country today? Benjamin Myers would get my vote but then again I'm no huge McEwan fan as I said Edited December 20, 2021 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rabshakeh Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 46 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Xmas gift Wow. Looks good. On 18/12/2021 at 6:53 PM, mjazzg said: Any good? I never enjoy McEwan novels as much as all the hype suggests I should but always willing to give him another shot I'm with you on the first. I find that he tends to meet expectations at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghost of miles Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 One of several books in progress right now: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesnik Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) On 12/13/2021 at 9:30 AM, BillF said: Oh, I recently read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which I liked. Edited January 7, 2022 by Bluesnik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Finally got around to Franzen: Corrections. Liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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