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Sufferance by Charles Palliser review – a well-crafted, slow-burning novel. “ shares some superficial similarities with last year’s Booker winner… but is a more well-developed and sayisfying work.” John Self shares my enthusiasm! @guernica_ed theguardian.com/books/article/…
The FT's obituary of Paul Auster, by @john_self ft.com/content/fe7dc2…
Some “lost novels” should have stayed that way — @john_self on when manuscripts that need to go back in the drawer thecritic.co.uk/a-lost-novel-b…
Pet Shop Boys album launch: Nonetheless at the John Rylands Library, Manchester 26:4:24
The other place now has gifs. Yeah, game changer. I'm there doing my bookish stuff at john-self.bsky.social.
"Choice is funny, horrible, ironic, damning, affecting and deadly serious. It says that everything is connected and real escape from the world we have made is impossible." Me on Neel Mukherjee's rollercoaster new novel: on.ft.com/44crnN7 [paywall-free for a time]
Anne Enright's The Wren, The Wren rightly shortlisted for the Women's Prize. (One of three books on the shortlist with a chiming title, alongside Soldier Sailor and River East, River West.)
Anne Enright's The Wren, The Wren rightly shortlisted for the Women's Prize. (One of three books on the shortlist with a chiming title, alongside Soldier Sailor and River East, River West.)
Delighted to see Claire Kilroy's Soldier Sailor shortlisted for the Women's Prize - my thread of increasingly raving appreciation below:
Delighted to see Claire Kilroy's Soldier Sailor shortlisted for the Women's Prize - my thread of increasingly raving appreciation below:
A cursory search reveals that maybe a dozen people have read this poorly published novel (look at that cover). That's too bad because it's got hints of Conrad and Cormac McCarthy and will stick with you.
‘In Trinidad we always get on well with Irish people, we both love storytelling’. Ingrid Persaud tells @john_self about the real-life bogeyman of her new novel, coming late to writing and Trinidad’s affinity with Ireland irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
“The Spoiled Heart reads like several books in one, each not competing with but supporting the others. If it doesn’t get Sahota on the Booker longlist again, I’ll be very disappointed.” Me on Sunjeev Sahota’s new novel: thetimes.co.uk/article/928987…
I read Salman Rushdie's memoir Knife - an intense, revealing and sometimes funny book - and present some things we've learned from it for your enjoyment: thetimes.co.uk/article/seven-…
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⭐️FAST SHOW AT ITS BEST! Sometimes we all need a laugh & it doesn’t get any better than this! Wait for final gag,delivered with aplomb by @JohnnyThomson2 Proud to be a small part of this magical show,28 years old,still cracks me up! The late Caroline Aherne was a v special lady👏🏽
@uglygame Oh yes, I remember Adams saying (in @neilhimself’s Don’t Panic! I think) that HHG was strongly inspired by Dimension of Miracles. I have a collection of his stories (Store of the World) but haven’t read.
@john_self Ha! That’s going back a bit. Playing it now. Had completely forgotten about it so thank you in return for the reminder
@john_self This is so great. Love the Robert Gottlieb story. I found that when I got to speak with him, I really didn’t want to stop. Don’t want to be that guy but here’s a link to the chat in case you were interested: waterstones.com/blog/the-water…
If you loved ‘Colin From Accounts’ like me, I stumbled on an earlier Oz series ‘No Activity’ by the same creative team on the iPlayer. Breezy funny cop show. Both stars of CFA in it. With added bonus of the immensely funny Rose Byrne in S2. Well worth a watch!
Now that all of Doctor Who is on iPlayer except the first four episodes for *reasons*, here's a few recommendations for anyone looking to dip into the pre-millennium series:
I heartily endorse the “Music Video Badge” episode of Hey Duggee. So many references to classic videos crammed in, I probably got about half of them, because I’m old bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
Incredible news. Astoundingly, Michael Palin and Terry Jones's pre-Python series The Complete and Utter History of Britain, long thought wiped, has just popped up on BritBox and ITVX IN FULL. h/t @worldoftelly itv.com/watch/the-comp…
@john_self I think Imploding The Mirage is strong - songs like My God among their best. And Pressure Machine is just very very different to anything they’ve done. Last two albums show a definite new maturity
@john_self Not sure what’s on the streamers, but Hairy On The Inside and Miles Hunt Club are both great. Others are too, but names escape me. Some good to great songs (IMHO) on the post-construction albums, but Escape From Rubbish Island was not great if I recall. Will have to go back to it
@john_self Very good, yes. I prefer them to Pippi Longstocking personally
@john_self @pghoskin Thanks! Re. a favourite, hard to choose between those five I highlighted alongside the essay as my pick of the best so far. They all do such different things…
@john_self @Dorianlynskey For what it’s worth: theguardian.com/books/booksblo…
I made a power pop playlist that you might like. This isn't a "greatest of all time!" thing—this is the stuff I want to sing along to as I drive in my car, the sun blazing, the windows down. music.apple.com/gb/playlist/ho…
The still under-rated Christopher Priest, surely one of the UK's most consistently interesting writers.
@john_self Purely from Self-Help but How To Be Another Woman and I thought To Fill was extraordinary
High level banter from two of the greats. Clive James interviews Martin Amis. Pure Sunday bliss. youtube.com/watch?v=7nhCyz…
@john_self @Nomoreworkhorse @Writingandideas I think the same person took this one at @Writingandideas in 2013 but never found out who it was? Not sure what we were staring at but was struck by his “cloudless” comment and the cloud in the background here.
Thanks to @john_self for urging me to review and to @sgoldsbrough1 who provided good discussion of the book. She v cleverly points out that the narrator’s unreliability casts doubt on how we see her husband… I wish I hadn’t deleted a similar remark in my review (for word count!)
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