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Jonny Gibbings
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Recently, I’ve been doing talks at schools. Yes, me!… I know. This has been on behalf of world Book Night, that has ended up a battle cry for the dreamers. Because there is, it would seem, the industrial genocide of dreamers dreams. The recent idiom of fame hungry was prevalent. When I asked, What do you want to be when you leave school?
“Famous.” Was a popular answer.
Okay, famous for what?
“I...
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Malice in Blunderland
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"In the written form, so far and from my own experience, humor or homour (see what I did there) has no issues. I think because if the time of delivery...more
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| Just everything that I hoped it was. Empty, desolate, simple with wonderful prose. A beautiful piece of work that is so bleak, yet touching, yet gripping. For 95% of the book it is the same damned thing, and that is where it is a masterclass of writi...more | |
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"Hi, I'm Jonny, the author of the Comedy Novel 'Malice in Blunderland' It is a dark comedy that is very rude (banned in four countries). and to date, s...more
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| You know, don't know what the fuss is about. Maybe it is me, maybe it was all the hype, but, I thought it Factotum was crap. For the record, I am no intellectual, I am not of the thinking it has to be hard to read to be good, but, for me, Factotum re...more | |
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Jonny Gibbings
is on page 89 of 208 of Factotum: A bit shit. What's the hype about?
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luckily they are dead! http://www.thunderdomemag.com/stories..." |
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"Ha! When I say the next 'Fight Club' I mean as in the hopes it brings me more attention to the book etc. It couldn't be more different story wise. But...more
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Okay, so – where to start with 'Unaccustomed Mercy'. For a start, I am not a fan of short story collections. Probably because I have read some crap, from big names like Will Self-indulgent. This though, reads like a Tom Waits album, just so much depth...more |
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