I got the eye-rolley thing for the first 20 or so pages, feeling that Franzen is around 5 years out of date with his theme, before he hit a couple of points that were for mine new and relevant, but we will suspend judgement here.. Biased, and I so want this to work!

50 pages into this, so no read review, and no spoilers, but I think I have finally worked out where Franzen fits on the scale:

The fact that you still call him a candidate tells me you are not ready..

I bet you say that to all the girls..

Latest from this week's Pain et des Jeux:

All we are saying … is give Dawes a chance.

And for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green. God bless you, Ted Lowe..

Yeah, I'm pro..

Excuse me!

Ellroy's best first person narratives are his own enhanced memoirs, adding that I think he makes it work exceptionally well also in Blood's a Rover..

He says I choose to live hard on my terms. Renton, that last scene..

The Lancashire version of Yorkshire's Kes is Ken Loach's Raining Stones which I cannot recommend highly enough..

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A blessed week, year – we turn 51 Thursday,* again survived,
Manipura battered but healing, helped by two pieces of certified joy..

I too have a mandated opinion to post; upvote..

Doesn't matter what they say, makes no difference anyway, Oliver's seal..

Yes, presciently satirical and kinda sad take on what we know, but hide behind within our textbox relationships, to be true..

All work and low pay make Jack a dull boy..

Conspiracy theories are meant to give personal succor to those in life's race who more often than not find themselves on the outside, and are specifically not meant to discover the facts of a case, which would only lead back to personal disempowerment, irrespective of wherever those facts landed, is all. Be kind..

A retconned Freddie Mercury finds The Lord, His Saviour, just in time..

I'd take the chance..