Yeah, Inherent Vice feels like he wrote it in about two months, almost an exercise in playing around or writing just to keep in practice.

I liked how Going Clear felt like a collection of short stories as Wright would describe what members of the church had gone through. Some of the tales of people trying to escape and almost making it before being caught made me queasy.

I'll join the crowd and recommend The Blind Assassin. Excellent novel.

I don't doubt it, or you. It's definitely one of the most distinctive bass parts I know, which would support the idea that someone who didn't normally play bass created it.

Paul, despite his fame and riches, seems very aware of himself as a working class lad. One of the reasons he didn't take to The Rutles (not counting the rather nasty - sorry, that was the other Beatle - parody of him) was that he thought it was the work of a Cambridge grad (ie middle class) taking the piss out of a…

Holy crap, really? I always thought that was Paul and it's one of my favorite bass parts ever.

"Old Siam Sir" to add to the list.

Tim and Daisy from Spaced or Matt and Rich from Snuff Box.

Below is one of my favorites. I had most of them memorized, but had to look up the list in the name of accuracy. I believe this dates back to the 80s.

I need to re-read it. It's been too long.

Savage Detectives is great. You might hit a lull and get tired of it at about 2/3rds of the way through the novel, but push on through. The two endings (you'll understand when you read it) are great and worth experiencing.

Invisible Cities. Evocative, poetic, also packed with ideas, yet can also be read "lightly."

The title of Cain's book alone makes me want to read it. I'm between jobs so I've been in the process of writing resumes and going on job interviews. It is awful. I really do not like talking about myself, as opposed to many of my friends don't like talking about much else.

I just finished listening to the original BBC radio series. It's definitely delightful.

In On A Winter's Night A Traveler is such a treat. Enjoy. Because every other chapter is written in a completely different style and genre, you might be able to read it along with the short story collections by Diaz and Saunders.

I'm always happy to see Zot! mentioned. It's really one of the forgotten treasures of the the 1980s comics renaissance.

You might want to try Schama's book of essays Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill and My Mother. I haven't read the accompanying book, but I loved his series The Power of Art. If the book is half as good as the series, it will be twice as good as most other stuff…blah blah blah.

Yes. Yes yes yes, "Yes yes yesyes yes." Yes yes.

"Don't worry, I saw it the other week (advance screening), and I can promise you that the reviewer is smoking crack with his B- rating."

Yes! Just as no one can hear "The William Tell Overture" without thinking of The Lone Ranger, it's impossible to hear Liberty Bell and not picture a giant foot stomping on things.