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bilunabirotunda

Guernsey Potato Peel Pie

Jul 09, 2009 00:59

captainoz is quite right: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a repellent book at first glance. It looks incredibly twee and self-consciously Britishly book-clubby. (I mean, the name alone...) And it's all written in letters. The beginning part, focusing on the authoress, is rather precious, and clearly the trick is a steal from 84, Charing ( Read more... )

annie barrows, helene hanff, charles lamb, jane austen, mary ann shaffer

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bilunabirotunda July 10 2009, 05:07:54 UTC

But didn't you tell me he comes home to find his parents murdered, and tries to figure out what happened? And Charles Lamb came home to find his parents murdered by his sister - standing over them with the knife - she was sometimes insane. And that reminded me of Dumbledore's sister going insane and killing their mother and him having to look after her, which Lamb did too.

graymalkn July 10 2009, 06:41:50 UTC

Erm... I don't think it was Capote's own parents who were killed.

sillyzilly2k July 11 2009, 02:52:51 UTC

I am also confused about this.

I didn't know that about Charles Lamb, though, so...wow. That's creepy.

sillyzilly2k July 11 2009, 02:54:51 UTC

Hmmm. I am intrigued now. These days, I steer clear of books about societies, associations, clubs, and the like (except for The Master Butchers' Singing Club, by Louise Erdrich, which I've been eyeing for awhile), but I trust your judgment on all things literary and English-villagey.

Excellent. /Mr. Burns

bilunabirotunda July 11 2009, 19:38:52 UTC

Liz as Mr. Burns... I'm not sure I can handle this...

Why do you steer clear of books about societies? Are they typically bad?? Don't think I've ever read on before.