dolz said:
Thanks I'll look into Joe Queenan. I'll also comment on what i think of wilson once i've read a bit more
If you want the celebrity bashing stuff check out:
_If You’re Talking To Me Your Career Must Be In Trouble_
_The Unkindest Cut: How A Hatchet-Man Critic Made His Own $7,000 Movie And Put It All On His Credit Card_
_Confessions Of A Cineplex Heckler_
_My Goodness: A Cynic's Short-Lived Search For Sainthood_
_Joe Queenan's America: Red Lobster, White Trash And The Blue Lagoon_
are also good, as are his others. One of the only writers to make me laugh out loud.
I mean, come on, the guy wrote a biography of Dan Quayle, so you *know* his sense of humour has to be sharp…
dolz said:
could you possibly post comments on the book your reading The Woman Who Cut Off Her Leg at the Maidstone Club i noticed it and it looks intriguing (also i looked it up on amazon and they are charging £97.00 pounds! is there any reason for this?)
I have to say I wasn’t enthusiastic before picking it up. And the only reason I did it was because I am working on an Amy Hempel website, and for completeness’ sake, I’m trying to list books AH has reviewed. This is one of them. Slavin apparently worked in television as a producer, which is probably why I was hesitant to read the stories, but hot damn, she’s pretty good.
Very strange, some of them. If I had to pitch it, I’d say Ann Beattie meets…Salvador Dali.
I’ve been saving the last few shorts, which may be this rainy weekend’s project.
As for the price, I don’t know. Someone else pointed this out to me this week. Strange. I guess the book(s) are in short supply and she’s found herself a ‘cult following’.
This summer she has a new book out, so with any luck that will sell well, bringing this collection back into print.
I can understand paying major money for a book several decades old, but this, and coincidently, Amy Hempel’s second collection of shorts, are simply just years old and fetching a pretty penny on the market.
Good luck.
