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Ooft - that is a well-watered mentalist? I didn't get his work or Bacon - until I stood in front of originals - in the flesh - a fitting metaphor - I think? Reproductions convey very little of the vital, vivid, visceral, plastic, fluid and dynamic quality of their work. Astonishing. Let me know how the book goes - I think I'd like to read that. Yours - I.Just about to start this I hope the anecdotes are of a similar quality to those of his contemporary Francis Bacon!
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Well we're off to a good start with the NYT critic...Ooft - that is a well-watered mentalist? I didn't get his work or Bacon - until I stood in front of originals - in the flesh - a fitting metaphor - I think? Reproductions convey very little of the vital, vivid, visceral, plastic, fluid and dynamic quality of their work. Astonishing. Let me know how the book goes - I think I'd like to read that. Yours - I.
Sounds great. Are there loads of illustrations? Which might make it unsuitable for a Kindle? I.Well we're off to a good start with the NYT critic...
"Feaver, a longtime art critic for The Observer in London, doesn't provide a fixed portrait of Freud, the great realist painter, so much as he leads us into a studio filled with crusty brushes, scrapers, half-completed canvases, easels, dirty floorboards, mahlsticks and distilled turpentine, and lets us poke through the detritus as if to assemble a likeness for ourselves"
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Dropped through the door today - sent to me by my sister. Haven't picked it up yet - but - Pinker and Holmes referenced on the cover. I'm in. I.
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Don't buy the Kindle version as this printed version isn't of the first rank as regards print quality. There are many monochrome photos within the text and a group of colour plates but I doubt the Kindle version will do them justice. I'll lend you the book when I've finished it.Sounds great. Are there loads of illustrations? Which might make it unsuitable for a Kindle? I.
I love a spy thriller, I shall have to join you Iain!BBC Sounds - Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household - Available Episodes
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Very much enjoying this classic again. I.
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A truly ripping yarn.BBC Sounds - Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household on BBC Soundswww.bbc.co.uk
Very much enjoying this classic again. I.
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The Fleming book is great - I love the understated writing style of guys of his generation - if you had survived the public school system, you weren't going to start blubbing like a girl when your last camel died and you were the only European for a 1000 square miles. If you are enjoying it - I'd recommend anything by Peter Hopkirk - wonderfully researched - historical narratives as wide and sweeping as the terrain they describe.A truly ripping yarn.
I have been listening to it, in bed, on R4 Extra, where it starts at 6.30 am (coffee time). Last night I left the radio on and went to sleep, then dimly heard it announced. I was surprised that it was already 6.30, until I worked out that the night-time run of "Rogue Male" is at 1.30 am. Two bleary-eyed bites of the same cherry.
Otherwise, I'm reading "News from Tartary", a journey from Peking to Kashmir in 1935, by Peter Fleming, brother of Ian "Bond" Fleming.
Yes to Hopkirk already, but I'd add Eric Newby and Patrick Leigh-Fermor; in the bookshelf and re-read.The Fleming book is great - I love the understated writing style of guys of his generation - if you had survived the public school system, you weren't going to start blubbing like a girl when your last camel died and you were the only European for a 1000 square miles. If you are enjoying it - I'd recommend anything by Peter Hopkirk - wonderfully researched - historical narratives as wide and sweeping as the terrain they describe.
Cheers - I.
Granted - A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush - is one of the best books ever written - in any genre.Yes to Hopkirk already, but I'd add Eric Newby and Patrick Leigh-Fermor; in the bookshelf and re-read.
I have read, and re-read all of Newby's books, and they always give me pleasure. Apart from the travel books, I always enjoy the "Something Wholesale" and the "Love and War..." autobiographical books.Granted - A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush - is one of the best books ever written - in any genre.
Reminds you of Gavin Maxwell - and - the shared influence on both those authors? - Thesiger.
How do you find Paul Temple? Currently going out before Rogue Male. yours - I.
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