tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post9094677176763858865..comments2023-12-15T01:18:40.855+11:00Comments on Expat@Large: Atlas De-Shrugged In The Playgroupexpat@largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-85104919050065435712010-08-25T00:04:08.307+10:002010-08-25T00:04:08.307+10:00I will accept your various excuses. I haven't ...I will accept your various excuses. I haven't read it yet myself but I intend to less because of its Australian content than for what I'm told may reflect on the broader human condition.Dick Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978203284842718331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-63580379792992237152010-08-24T11:31:37.511+10:002010-08-24T11:31:37.511+10:00DH: plus, in Australia at least, it's one of t...DH: plus, in Australia at least, it's one of those books that everyone else has read, so there's need to read it because it's as if you've read vicariously. c.f chapter one of "If on a winter's night a traveler".expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-41109124074634177512010-08-24T11:29:05.447+10:002010-08-24T11:29:05.447+10:00Dick: my son read it and told me not to bother. At...Dick: my son read it and told me not to bother. At least that's what I think he said. There is a scene apparently where the protagonist gets off the train at North Richmond and walks past my son's flat...<br /><br />Apart from on holidays I just don't give myself the opportunity to sit and read like I used to. I am too busy at Kinokuniya buying more books.<br /><br />450 pages into Fydor's Demons and I still have no idea who is who and what the fuck is going on. There are all these tableaux in drawing rooms and people talk incomprehensibly about nothing, someone raises an eyebrow and the place falls apart. WTF?expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-82775312004349450662010-08-24T05:00:55.559+10:002010-08-24T05:00:55.559+10:00Have you read 'The Slap' by Christos Tsiol...Have you read 'The Slap' by Christos Tsiolkas yet? If not please get with the program.Dick Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978203284842718331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-21005773019351196852010-08-22T04:54:57.115+10:002010-08-22T04:54:57.115+10:00Skip: my lines or Hagues? I do not wish to see th...Skip: my lines or Hagues? I do not wish to see those facetious lines come back to haunt me! Can I delete them from Facebook?expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-44879634750180939072010-08-22T01:42:32.429+10:002010-08-22T01:42:32.429+10:00I intend to throw your last few lines at a few tea...I intend to throw your last few lines at a few teabaggers I know.Skippy-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115988855323925228noreply@blogger.com