tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post8970189829818500790..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: The World of David GentlemanJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-88684705517264317772008-12-30T17:47:00.000-08:002008-12-30T17:47:00.000-08:00It IS 'Some Hope'/'Patrick Melrose', so I'm lookin...It IS 'Some Hope'/'Patrick Melrose', so I'm looking forward to that, John. And yes, re Garnett, you get the feeling from his writing that his author's note (married with daughters) didn't quite tell the full story...JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-73017189726489598542008-12-30T16:45:00.000-08:002008-12-30T16:45:00.000-08:00I've just looked up David Garnett on Wikipedia. Wh...I've just looked up David Garnett on Wikipedia. What a life! I particularly enjoyed reading about his decision to marry the daughter of Duncan Grant, even though she was only a few days old. <BR/><BR/>I had no idea that he lived locally and slept his way around the Bloomsbury set. I want to read the book now.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-55709699999253414502008-12-30T03:06:00.000-08:002008-12-30T03:06:00.000-08:00That Henry Green Concluding is lovely.If the St Au...That Henry Green <EM>Concluding</EM> is lovely.<BR/><BR/>If the St Aubyn trilogy is <EM>Some Hope</EM> (known in some territories as <EM>The Patrick Melrose Trilogy</EM>) - and I can't think what else it would be - then you are in for a treat. Even the titles of the individual volumes - <EM>Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope</EM> - instil a little aesthetic thrill in me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-73682175051350591072008-12-30T01:51:00.000-08:002008-12-30T01:51:00.000-08:00Thanks for that, Sarah: 'Lady into Fox' is indeed ...Thanks for that, Sarah: 'Lady into Fox' is indeed a lovely (and odd) book. Great stuff.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-61086679814633178532008-12-30T01:23:00.000-08:002008-12-30T01:23:00.000-08:00I've not read A Shot in the Dark (yet) but can rec...I've not read A Shot in the Dark (yet) but can recommend Garnett's Lady into Fox, which Hesperus recently republished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-8006081758088309002008-12-29T23:32:00.000-08:002008-12-29T23:32:00.000-08:00I should add that I've taken a number of recommend...I should add that I've taken a number of recommendations from your own blog, and never regretted them: AN Wilson, Barbara Pym, Richard Stark, etc, and I just bought a trilogy by Edward St Aubyn which looks very promising.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-60524624648307423932008-12-29T23:24:00.000-08:002008-12-29T23:24:00.000-08:00Well thank you, Levi! I hope you enjoy it: it's se...Well thank you, Levi! I hope you enjoy it: it's sexy, romantic, wise and unexpected, and very appealing. You're right about the Jacobs cover... a wonderful illustration.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-21010368917626077552008-12-29T20:48:00.000-08:002008-12-29T20:48:00.000-08:00I think it's a good sign of the trust you've gener...I think it's a good sign of the trust you've generated as a blogger that I've just bought a copy of the first edition of <I>A Shot in the Dark</I> for $1.00 online, despite knowing nothing about it.<BR/><BR/>As for the cover art: the one that gets me is the illustration for the W. W. Jacobs. The perfect expression for the closing moments of "The Monkey's Paw"!Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.com