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Dave A Prayer for Owen Meany 58% [ 7 ] The Great Gatsby 41% [ 5 ] Alma Cogan 0% [ 0 ] Status Anxiety 0% [ 0 ] The Unfortunates 0% [ 0 ] Total Votes : 12 It’s looking very much like a two-horse race at the moment. Good news because I fancied having … Keep reading
Behold the waves of nausea which wash over you when you visit the wonderful website that is Thank You Tony. Thanks to Iain Dale for the link.
Interesting article on the Guardian Books site about comments made by John Sutherland, the Chairman of the 2005 Man Booker Prize Panel: The newly announced chairman of the 2005 Man Booker prize has admitted that the judges are unlikely to read all 130 books in contention, while describing his fellow judges as “light on the … Keep reading
The journalist and occasional Tory politician Boris Johnson yesterday posted the following on his blog: January 19, 2005 Calling /attention all bloggers It’s quarter to four and I’ve got to write a column. which shall I do? Any ideas 1. euthanasia in Clint Eastwood’s latest movie 2. Grammar in schools 3. the Airbus 380? 4. … Keep reading
How’s this for a stupid idea: I’m going to run a poll among Palimpsesters to decide what to read next. I’ll give a shortlist of 5 books, and whichever garners the most votes I read after the Greene. Which books am I going to choose for the shortlist? Don Quixote? Ulysees? Yeah, right. The exact … Keep reading