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Richard de Nooy
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The sun occludes all rational thought, reducing a nation to a single thought: let’s all hit the beach at noon.
Ah, the schizophrenic halfcockedness of adoring the sea, but abhorring the beach.
Nice to see so many grey-pubed gandalfs ignoring the speedo limit again this summer.
There really is no way to get comfortable on a beach without dragging along the settee.
If there was a time when I might...
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Six Fang Marks & a Tetanus Shot
  4.32 avg rating — 38 ratings
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2007
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The Big Stick
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2011
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Zacht als Staal
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2010
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Home Away
by Louis Greenberg (Goodreads Author) , Kathryn White , Karina Magdalena Szczurek   3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Pre-emptive Letters of Rejection
Rejection Letters (Humor)
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to McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Paris Review, Playgirl, The New Yorker, Granta Magazine, Oprah Winfrey, the Nobel Prize
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My latest novel is finally available in English in South Africa You can read an excerpt here. Readers outside South Africa can order it here (or by sending an email to lanore@jacana.co.za). I'll be posting the latest reviews here. Wishing you pleasant re...more |
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Klik hier voor een volledig overzicht van alle recensies. Ezra de Haan, Literatuurplein.nl: "[...] Richard de Nooy laat met deze roman zien dat er een keerzijde aan de liefde is, dat die mensen blind maakt en foute beslissingen veroorzaakt. Maar dat i...more |
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"Glad to hear it's being passed from hand to hand!
In answer to your other questions... Working titles: Soft as Steel / The Big Stick Alma Nel leaves her...more " |
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‘Oh great,’ you’re thinking, ‘another witty endeavor where a Goodreader reflects back on a childhood favorite. Oh joy.' Well, suck it up and deal. A-hem… While rifling through the book section at my local Goodwill; I came across this little gem. Cop... " Read more of this review » |
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“Sometimes we encounter men, even entire families, whose gross ignorance, unappealing mien or reckless habits make us wonder how their genes have survived the trials and tribulations of the ages. Yet we do well to remember that, should the world be plunged into nuclear holocaust, the principal candidate for survival is neither man, nor the great elephant, nor the swift stallion, nor the wily fox – it is the lowly cockroach.”
― Richard de Nooy, Six Fang Marks & a Tetanus Shot
― Richard de Nooy, Six Fang Marks & a Tetanus Shot
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“Sometimes we encounter men, even entire families, whose gross ignorance, unappealing mien or reckless habits make us wonder how their genes have survived the trials and tribulations of the ages. Yet we do well to remember that, should the world be plunged into nuclear holocaust, the principal candidate for survival is neither man, nor the great elephant, nor the swift stallion, nor the wily fox – it is the lowly cockroach.”
― Richard de Nooy, Six Fang Marks & a Tetanus Shot
― Richard de Nooy, Six Fang Marks & a Tetanus Shot
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I had the feeling my absence was being monitored... Nice to be back. I just have to make some attempt at healthy moderation. (Hah.)
Thanks! We have fathers here too. I got a book, drawings, vinegar... riffed off that for about an hour. Then went to see my youngest daughter's choir perform. A perfect day.
Quirk and foible if you must humans, but please do so elsewhere. I'm busy enough dealing with my own.
I was poking around on your blog and found a line that I both love and identify closely with:"De Nooy is deeply intrigued by the quirks and foibles of humanity, but does not necessarily wish to experience them at close quarters."
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my poems and tell me what you think! Means a lot! And i'll definitely keep what you said about rhyming in mind from now on.
I could not agree more. But perhaps that is what NYTimes readers expect or want.Perhaps we can we lead them here.
Galgut gets reviewed in the NYTimes:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/boo...
(much plot summary & little analysis does not a good review make)
Dude, I've only just begun! But am thoroughly enjoying it, because it's a cross between two of my all-time favourites: James Ellroy's My Dark Places and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.PS: You must live in the rainy part of the city. The sun is shining in my garden.
My father was a Free-Mason, who was sadly lacking in dollar bills. Perhaps that explains my choice.I have fans! Hello, fans! Thank you, fans!
Double Die Hard-ish! Thanks, Tad. It's from a series made by photographer Mark Kohn for the local paper when the Dutch edition of my book was launched.
Restraining orders are unnecessary in a country where it is so easy to hide. For all I know, ABBA could have been concealed behind the nearest of 40 gazillion pine trees.
Richard? Where the hell are you? Are you still in Sweden? Have you gone off and tried reuniting ABBA again? Don't they have a restraining order against you for that? What the hell? I feel used... tossed aside...
Excellent! The link below will take you to a glossary of South African and Dutch terms on my blog. Perhaps easiest to copy and paste the glossary in a Word document, and then print.Pleasant reading!
R.
http://richarddenooy.book.co.za/blog/...
Richard, your book arrived last night!!! I am so excited! I have about 1/3 left to read, on my current book, ant then your's; probably tomorrow!!! Thank You, again, so much!!!P.S. read the first 2 chapters last night, and I am so intrigued!!!
Just passing through, thought I'd say hey!!! Still looking forward to reading your book, It's due out on Tuesday I believe. I'm getting excited!!! :-p
I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me today. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.Argh...this is terrible...
Again, I'm very sorry.
-Jeremy
Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats. -Jeremy :)
P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
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