Monday, January 17, 2022

You're on an Airplane - Parker Posey (2018)

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This, along with our previous celebrity memoir, were picked up when I randomly browsed what was on the shelves of the local branch of the CP...
Friday, January 7, 2022

Silver Screen Fiend: Learning about Life from an Addiction to Film - Patton Oswalt (2015)

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This was Patton Oswalt's second book, and I haven't read  Zombie Spaceship Wasteland , which was also a memoir. I believe that one i...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

As Summer's Mask Slips and other Disruptions - Gordon B. White (2020)

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Full disclosure: I have known Gordon White for about 18 years. We met in our dorm and shared many friends and acquaintances. Towards the end...
Monday, December 20, 2021

A Calling for Charlie Barnes - Joshua Ferris (2021)

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Oeuvre rule: Joshua Ferris has a manageable bibliography. He has 5 books, and I have now read 2 of them. Whether I read the other three (two...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin (2021)

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Peter Thiel founded PayPal, invested early in Facebook and sits on their Board of Directors, and also started Palantir, to say nothing of hi...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

I Wished - Dennis Cooper (2021)

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I Wished is like a "greatest hits" collection of Dennis Cooper's novels. It is a meta-commentary on the entirety of his work, ...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Magician - Colm Toibin (2021)

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Over thirteen years ago, Flying Houses began with a review of Doctor Faustus , I have often lamented that few readers today are aware of Tho...