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By: Tingle Alley » Coda on John Banville on Bookworm

Tingle Alley » Coda on John Banville on Bookworm — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:28:35 +0000

[...] ace in Dublin on Bloomsday. I probably wouldn’t have listened except for a wish to commune with TEV on the Banville tip. And yet I’m so glad I did – it was extraordinary. T [...]

By: Bookdwarf

Bookdwarf — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:31:13 +0000

Books I found in Used today or Why our Used Departement is so good
I made a trip down to the Used department today and this is what I got: The Pained Veil by W. Somerset Maughm—-I am reading Maughm’s recent biography right now and consider The Razor’s Edge and Of Human Bondage two…

By: bookdwarf

bookdwarf — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:22:13 +0000

Books in the tub is a no no for me now. You relax too much and lose your grip. Books on tape don’t work either as I am not dumb enough to bring electronics anywhere near my tub if I am in it. Even if I didn’t knock it in, I have cats, so I know they would. Alas, only magazines make it to the tub. I think I am going to go the pod people way as well, and start with ‘The Book of Evidence’.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:57:42 +0000

And I do it *really* backwards, that is, I fall in love with Irish writers whom Banville has reviewed enthusiastically in print (Eoin McNamee, Eugene McCabe) before reading the man himself.

By: CAAF

CAAF — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:54:52 +0000

Dan, half my book collection is swelled in just the way you describe. They’re like magic sponges. Ed, the pod people are notorious for their love of Banville, I’d go with their recommendations.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:51:54 +0000

Damn, I started in the middle — although starting at the same place at Mark. Now if I read the Banville books in my own way and it begins to echo Mark’s exact reading order, then I’ll know there are pod people ready at midnight.

By: Dan Wickett

Dan Wickett — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:10:18 +0000

CAAF brings up a memorable Cheers episode. Diane bought a signed First Edition Hemingway and Sam was reading it in the tub. When he got to point where a key male body part was lost by the protagonist, he freaked and dropped the book into the tub, causing it to swell to about four times the normal size.

Enjoy,

By: CAAF

CAAF — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:42:42 +0000

Also not wise to take the books into the tub, I’ve learned. Add a bottle of wine or, for that matter, a stereo, into the equation and you’ve got insta-disaster.

Glad you liked the post, Bookdwarf!

By: bookdwarf

bookdwarf — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:34:14 +0000

Thanks for posting that. Now I know where to start. I think I even used to have a copy of the Untouchables, but it got ruined before I could read it (don’t put open bottles of wine anywhere near your books).