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Slow going, because real life gets in the way.

Intense. Coetzee's Joll seems like Orwell's O'Brian.

"Immer haben die Menschen ein schönes Gesicht, die im Einklang mit ihrem Gewissen Leben."

"Ergeben aß ich alles, was sie mir kochte, fischte geduldig heraus, was nicht hineingehörte - ein Haar, ein Stückchen Torf, ein Schabenbein."

"They preferred to eat dreams, but did not grow fat on these, quite the reverse."

"I had always been led to understand that the expression of thought was the height of unsociability."

Finally a word from Laura. I was getting worried the author had forgotten her.

The long journey finally starts. Godspeed and may it be more eventful and exciting than the first five chapters.

The last book has been very upsetting. Let's see if I can find a place to hide in the Australian outback.

(see latest quote I liked in my timeline)

I think I'll better keep a bible handy.

Let's see what an atheist has to tell about the Old Testament

Pro.. pro.. progressing?

I wonder if Stephen King is also a Deadhead?

What fixation feeds this fever
As the full moon pales and climbs
Am I living truth or rank deceiver
Am I the victim or the crime

Are there proofreaders at Hodder & Stoughton? I found three different spellings of the bad guy's name (two on the dust jacket, one in the text)

Not the everyday King story so far, but, we'll see

Some pleasantly disgusting stuff ... and fun.

"Meine Herren, da wurde mir übel. Entsetzlich, entsetzlich, meine Herren, – nie hätte ich gedacht, daß so ein siebenmal scheußliches und hundsföttisch gemeines Gefühl auf Erden und abgesehen von der Hölle überhaupt vorkomme!"

The Futurama theorem