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Jon McGregor wins the Impac
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I haven’t read Even The Dogs yet, but it’s definitely on the list to buy over the weekend. I read This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You a few weeks ago, and most of it was brilliant. There is a story in it called ‘We Wave And Call’ – and I think it is a masterpiece. Check it out here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/22/short-story- jon-mcgregor
And McGregor is still only in his mid 30s!
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-- skennedy
14/06/12 at 11:15
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 From :
tornaxx
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Posted : 14/06/12 at 11:20 |
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| Fair play to him! And he'll be so hairless. I hear that that Immac is great stuff altogether...
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skennedy
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Posted : 14/06/12 at 11:27 |
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| Excellent point. He is struggling a bit with his hair these days and looks somewhat older than his years. Clearly needs a TV3 Expose make-over.
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tricky
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Posted : 14/06/12 at 12:10 |
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parenthood combined with the internet has definitively reduced my consumption of books.
Right now I can't tell you the last novel I've read. I've read a few biographies over last while (not exactly by Primo Levi or anything I'm talking My Boy about Phil Lynott & Gilesy's one) but I've a bunch of stuff I've been meaning to read but haven't found the headspace to relax with.
I need a 3 week holiday without wifi
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From :
skennedy
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Posted : 14/06/12 at 14:27 |
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Yeah - kids and reading books won't go hand-in-hand. But if you do the former bit right then you won't end up in a care home sitting in your own urine. Swings and round-abouts, I guess.
I am just finishing off the last pages of James Fearnley's book about The Pogues. It is a bit over-written, but a good read all the same.
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number10
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Posted : 14/06/12 at 15:03 |
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| Unless you read books to your kids. They like War and Peace - though that takes quite a while to get through and you generally go asleep before they do...
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