For some time now, writer-actor-performance artist Spalding Gray has been carrying around with him a monster: a manuscript of a novel called Imposs...
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Jan 27, 2011
I suppose this is better as an actual monologue... quick read though, entertaining enough. Couldn't help thinking about how Old Spalding offed himself and also how he grew up in "Borrington" RI while I was reading. Still a guy I'm interested in. Thought he was cool in True Stories. Seemed to have it made, going to residencies and getting paid for interviewing people about UFOS. Hard to relate to from that angle. Wonder if his novel is any good. Killed himself after seeing Big Fish- is
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Apr 16, 2010
notgettingenough
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People who make you laugh shouldn't be allowed to kill themselves. It isn't right. It spoils everything. Spalding Gray I utterly resent you doing this and I will never read anything you wrote again. Sorry, but.
So, when I received a surprise package from the UK recently - there are some lovely things about the goodreads community, aren't there? - and one of them was this film, I looked at it with trepidation for a week before making myself watch. I'm really pleased I did: observing Sp More...
So, when I received a surprise package from the UK recently - there are some lovely things about the goodreads community, aren't there? - and one of them was this film, I looked at it with trepidation for a week before making myself watch. I'm really pleased I did: observing Sp More...
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Sep 15, 2011
Sabra
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This quick read is an autobiographical monologue that made me laugh out loud at least half a dozen times. It recounts Gray's insights through ubiquitous projects after his play "Swimming to Cambodia" was adapted into a film by Jonathan Demme (1997), consequently making him an extra-hot ticket in the entertainment industry.
New York theater-based Gray gets a grant while attempting to finish a "monster" of a novel (what would be his first and only Impossible Vacatio More...
New York theater-based Gray gets a grant while attempting to finish a "monster" of a novel (what would be his first and only Impossible Vacatio More...
Jun 20, 2010
Hilarie
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I love Spalding Gray's monologues. This book is good, but not as good as the movie where you see him actually perform the monologue. Might be better off Netflixing the movie.
Dec 12, 2009
Carolyn
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This British author, Ruth Rendell has written a series of Inspec tor Wexford Novels and this is detailed, easy to get into and fun to read as the details give lots of clues.
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Sep 10, 2010
Scoot
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My wife recommended this to me when I was suffering with writers block. I liked the book, it didn't help my writers block though.
Dec 17, 2009
Kate
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About the trials of writing Impossible Vacation, which I forgot is a novel because it isn't. And it doesn't need to be, because he's found his niche as a an autobiographical storyteller.
Jul 16, 2007
Mary!
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The companion piece, of sorts, to Gray's novel Impossible Vacation (which I think is a complete waste of time), this is my favorite transcription of one of his monologues.
Mar 22, 2008
Louisa
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Matt had Spalding Gray sign this book in 1999 when we stumbled across a book signing in LA. Now I feel motivated to read more of his monologues.
Jul 01, 2008
Amy
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I think maybe I give his monologue five stars and the book less. I love this guy, wish he were still with us. He was a Rhode Islander.
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