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aplist@yahoogroups.com
Jan 1, 2009 10:30 am
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He was a big fan of AP and I was hoping he could come to the conference, obviously he cannot now. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/books/02westlake.html?hp ...
Nicbirns@...
Jan 1, 2009 10:12 pm
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Rather paltry obit, with a least one unnecessary error -- or so I believe. The writer goes out of her way to say: "Despite the diversity of names [under which...
Speaking of diaries, anyone who enjoys this genre and has not read the diaries of Canadian diplomat Charles Ritchie is in for a literary treat in my opinion....
Joan Williams
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Jan 2, 2009 4:29 am
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... Did he mention Powell in any writings? I'd love to know what he said about Powell. Their styles are vastly different. Bill -- William Denton, Toronto :...
He was interviewed on Larry King's radio show in the early 80s and said AP was his favorite writer, he pronounced the name correctly. I don't know if he ever...
Nicbirns@...
Jan 3, 2009 12:52 am
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In one of the Richard Stark books there is an English crook who while reading AP on a working trip in America would like to identify with Sir Magnus Donners...
John O'brien
John.OBrien@...
Jan 3, 2009 2:02 am
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... Do you remember which books? I've read most of the Parkers but don't remember these. Bill -- William Denton, Toronto : www.miskatonic.org www.frbr.org...
I naturally say' Pow-well' but have trained myself to say Pole, which is the pronunciation AP himself considered correct. [Non-text portions of this message...
Nicbirns@...
Jan 3, 2009 2:24 am
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The one with the English crook is "Backflash," about an elaborate heist on board a Hudson River casino boat. It's very good. I agree BTW that Bill James'...
Taking time off from questioning the morality of the Government one of the bishops has turned his attention to Labour in another guise - Poussin's Dance in...
Julian Allason
allason@...
Jan 3, 2009 12:33 pm
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The Guardian has commenced publication of an hilarious Reader's Digest- style abridgement of Dance. Needless to say the author, one John Crace, has not quite...
Julian Allason
allason@...
Jan 3, 2009 12:55 pm
15123
Not bad but not quite in the E.O. Parrott class. AP never seems to have made it into any of his collections though I remember an excellent version of Snow's...
The 1 January London Review of Books carries in the print edition the annual installment of Alan Bennett's diary. In the entry for 2 September he gives his...
The estimable D J Taylor writes in his latest 'Independent' column about honours, noting that: 'some writers' excuses for declining honours are impossibly...
Julian Allason
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Jan 4, 2009 11:01 am
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1. DJ Taylor writing in today's Independent at http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dj-taylor-carveup-by-s tealth-1223901.html: "Then again, some...
Somewhere in his essays, George Orwell revives an old saying he heard on his travels: beer makes any meal a feast. Nick ... ...
Nick Booth
sheepdoctor@...
Jan 4, 2009 12:42 pm
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I see from the Amazon.com website that this book will be published in the US on Tuesday, January 6th. I think US readers can link to Amazon.com over the...
... Which order would you recommend reading the Flashman series? Or which one would you suggest for a start? The concept of the Flashman character increases my...
David Taylor's "Bright Young Things" was IIRC well reviewed, and this is a period on which David is very knowledgeable, as his talk at the Bath conference...
... about ... <www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dj-taylor-carveup-by- stealth-1223901.html> ... One is reminded of the ineffable Harold Nicholson,...
... by the servants as "Mrs. Nicolson" for many years. I wonder how Virginia addressed letters to her? Lady Diana Manners sailed smoothly on to becoming Lady...
I'd recommend reading the Flashman books in the order they were published. Although this means one doesn't read them in historical chronological order, as...
Stephen Holden
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Jan 5, 2009 11:31 am
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Amen ! But whatever order you may read them, your efforts will be richly rewarded! ... From: aplist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:aplist@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Mark Hall
mhall@...
Jan 5, 2009 1:19 pm
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In the case of Audrey's meal this may well have been the case since Maclintinck went around to the local with a "large, badly chipped china jug" to buy the...
I've never heard the term 'growler' used in the UK. I'm pretty sure the first time I came across it was in Lake Placid. When I lived in London one of the...
In the US the thing you used to take to the tavern to pick up the beer in was called a growler. No used to about it. I have a couple of growlers in my pantry...
Whether read chronologically or in order of publication, the place to start is the first one, Flashman. Reading in chronological order is complicated by...
Fascinating. I play in a band called The Growlers, and I don't think any of us knew that denotation before. In our neck of the woods, growlers are small...
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