Maybe that's a gross metaphor, just wrong or too dumb. It's like smooth white gold, a dream mouthful, delicious. I am holding my mug underneath the cow's teat here, I guess, while Farmer Alan squirts this magical substance in. This man's writing is like cream you only get at the farm.
I'd put this on my to-read list ages ago after pillaging a beloved professor's Amazon reviews, and reviews by terrifyingly-literate-Eric-of-the-drink-and-wide-smirk have recently pushed Hollinghurst back into my mind. But it doesn't taste good.Īnyway, riding back home half-drunk from a novelistically bad party, I opened The Line of Beauty, and started to read. I keep drinking this shit because I have to. That Martin Amis is like some synthetic creamer, with an artificial flavor that's kind of alluringly disgusting. It might take the edge off, but not nicely, and with some of this stuff I think I might be better off drinking the coffee black.
But for some reason everything I pick up lately's been unsatisfying, like skim milk or soy.
So lately my life does seem like a pot of thick, scalding acrid coffee I read books in the hope that they'll help me choke it down. If the door is shut, please ring the bell.I started this last night, heading home after one of the most dreadful evenings in recent memory. We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Īward-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Īdrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road.
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