so i go up to the 5th floor ladies room to try and snag a roll of toilet paper to bring back to my desk so that i don't have to keep using all of my co-workers' costly facial tissues. i look in one stall and find that there aren't any spare rolls. just then a woman comes in on her cell phone. the classic toilet talker.
there are approximately two toilet talkers in our 11 floor building. this one left her i.d. and glasses case out on the window sill.
her name was Becky Sharp.
has anyone else read vanity fair?
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I assume you mean the novel, so my answer is "no." But I notice you have a lot of Amis on your list somewhere... Dead Babies? That brings me back... London Fields will always hold a place in my heart. Though Dead Babies, the first of his I read, I am now definitely inclined to re-read. It's been so long...
oh yes. martin amis. my favorites are either money or the information...it's a toss up. but dead babies and london fields were my firsts as well. i haven't read any recent amis, though...time's arrow i think was my last.
His non-fiction is excellent. The War Against Cliche and Koba the Dread are two fine books. The first is a collection of essays; the second is about Stalin, the USSR, and socialism/"the left" in a more general sense.
i seem to have problems getting into non-fiction.
i keep trying. i think the thing is that i read to escape and i feel like i'm not escaping when i read non-fiction. and the non-fiction that i'm drawn to is quite frequently really depressing.
night train. night train was the last one that i read.
I am exactly the opposite. Give me some non-fiction any old day of the week, year, or whatever. I am interested in good storytelling but it's so hard for a novel to capture my interest. I am reading Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King right now . . . i like it, but it still hasn't really grabbed me by the tits or clipped me on the labia.
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