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Nov 30, 2008 04:13PM
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Paris Trance! For the story. Out of Sheer Rage! For the writing.
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But Beautiful. Lots of people have tried to wax poetic on the subject of jazz -- Dyer succeeded.
For me it's The Colour of Memory, story and writing, for so many reasons. Partly I'm sure because it was the first one I read, but it's still top. I think Paris Trance is a close second for story though. And I've never managed to finish But Beautiful, despite a couple of tries.By the way, here's an interview from the Guardian on the new book:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/200...
Paris, Trance knocked me out with the love story between two intelligent individuals. Great dialogue. But after reading Jeff in Venice...it's a toss up. Currently reading the DH Lawrence one. I get a feeling that the author is letting himself just be who he is.
Toss up between Yoga and Jeff in Venice. Both seemed glib and surface-y upon first reading, but like the NY Times review of the latter, I couldn't stop thinking about it for the weeks and months after finishing it. A truly gifted and unclassifiable writer.
out of sheer rage for the hilarity and the amazing trick of being a bio of Lawrence without being a bio of Lawrence. Set the pattern for all that was to follow...do the opposite and make it work. How's the colour of money? I've never seen it here.
