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Even more amazing (should it be? I don't know, but to me it is, mostly with respect to Auto-da-fe) C. V. Wedgwood is Cicely Veronica!

posted by slickdpdx at 11:40 am (EST) on Aug 22, 2012

Dr. Glas is not as broadly humorous as Auto-da-fé, and there is no social allegory (at least not that I recognized). However, it was a great book. Earnestly angsty in a manner that could really get me going if I was younger; maybe it still should! Really nice writing. Entertainingly wry observations. It was like reading a mash-up of Crime and Punishment, Auto da fe, The Stranger and a Werner Herzog diary.

posted by slickdpdx at 12:53 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2012

I love the look of that Continuum edition of Auto-da-fé. Makes me want to line an entire shelf with stark Continuum editions of great books. I liked the book enough that I figured some credit was due to the translator and bought some of Wedgwood's history writings. I haven't read them yet.

posted by slickdpdx at 6:49 pm (EST) on Aug 9, 2012

I just spent a six day weekend (are there such things?) in Oxford, MS. Visited Faulkner's house and grave. Drank too much, literally fell on my face, and left my blood all over Oxford. Met amazing people. Had legendary experiences. It inspired many poems.
- J.

posted by Quixada at 3:25 am (EST) on Dec 12, 2011

Lachman is an easy read (because he writes clearly) and most often cites his source material, unlike Dame Yates, for instance.

An intesting read I ran across today - http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/42/wiles.php
A teaser: "How do you design a utopia? In 1972, John B. Calhoun detailed the specifications of his Mortality-Inhibiting Environment for Mice: a practical utopia built in the laboratory. Every aspect of Universe 25—as this particular model was called—was pitched to cater for the well-being of its rodent residents and increase their lifespan..."

posted by slickdpdx at 8:26 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2011

I am reading Warholic come 12/1 or thereabouts. This Estonia book looks promising. Read any Gary Lachman?

posted by slickdpdx at 10:13 pm (EST) on Nov 17, 2011

Are you syzygetic?

posted by slickdpdx at 3:57 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2010