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The Castle toppled.

Starting my journey through The Castle

Man he was bugging out!

2/3rds through Metamorphosis. Fun?

Three chapters and it’s collapsed. Irving’s writing of life, desire, intimacy is strong, but here it’s death and pain and he hasn’t got the words, the notions. That a 35 page chapter is from Garp’s Worst Work, a terrible passage of tedium and shock, kills this book. Damn.

To find myself reading this book, a book of writers and writing, with chapters reaching 40/50 pages at times, like my first novel, at this moment of “what’s next” is the universe offering a little cuddle. Much needded. Gorgeous writing.