Edmund White reading at Essential - Tuesday, May 14th

[welsh_rugbyball]

I met up for drinks with Red at Taurus before the event at 7pm, where we chatted over a pint each about Red's writing, my comics and poetry and what we've both been doing with ourselves. During the course of the conversation I discovered that Red wasn't much of a fan of Edmund White's semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels, made up of A Boy's Own

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Double Standards

[pygmyking]

Oh, great - so you won't listen to me when I recommend Paul Bowles, but you'll listen to some pervy Yank sexagenarian?

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Re: Double Standards

[welsh_rugbyball]

Well, you should bring out your own version of Arts and Letters! I would certainly give it a read. I'm enjoying really enjoying Paul Bowles' 'The Sheltering Sky' - very good! Is that one you've read?

Re: Double Standards

[pygmyking]

Yes, that's the one - I thought it was pretty good. Bit of a case of flowery style and average substance, but certainly worth a read.