February 22, 2013
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Decaying Rabelaisians – An interesting look at the current state of French literature by Florence Uniacke for The Spectator: Will Hobson, former contributing editor at Granta, says that fiction, philosophy, memoir and non-fiction (amongst other genres) are not clearly defined in France like … Continue reading
January 9, 2013
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Ghost Shapes – Writer Warren Ellis talks comics and, very briefly, his new novel Gun Machine at Robot Six: Gun Machine is as much about the ghost shape of Manhattan’s previous settlements and roadways as it is about its modern architecture, … Continue reading
July 20, 2012
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Do It Yourself — John Self, of the excellent Asylum blog, on the power of independent readers, at The Guardian: if publishers and authors are limited in what they can do for a book online, who is left? They want … Continue reading
July 13, 2012
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Isolation — Martin Amis on J.G. Ballard’s novel The Drowned World, at The Guardian: Ballard gives The Drowned World the trappings of a conventional novel (hero, heroine, authority figure, villain), and equips it with a plot (jeopardy, climax, resolution, coda); but all … Continue reading
July 10, 2012
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Funny…