Comments on: Daphne: Writers writing about writers http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2008/03/03/daphne-writers-writing-about-writers/ Sinéad Gleeson's blog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:10:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Neva http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2008/03/03/daphne-writers-writing-about-writers/#comment-134747 Neva Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:54:36 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2008/03/03/daphne-writers-writing-about-writers/#comment-134747 Just a quick agreement re Beryl Bainbridge’s According to Queenie- its a book that caused me much pain through sheer boredom until ( i think it may have been you yourself) pointed out that i didn't actually have to finish it. Thank you! Just a quick agreement re Beryl Bainbridge’s According to Queenie- its a book that caused me much pain through sheer boredom until ( i think it may have been you yourself) pointed out that i didn’t actually have to finish it. Thank you!

]]> By: Sinead http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2008/03/03/daphne-writers-writing-about-writers/#comment-134730 Sinead Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:53:58 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2008/03/03/daphne-writers-writing-about-writers/#comment-134730 Claire, how could I forget Lunar Park? I loved that book and I didn't really enjoy Ellis's other stuff. Wonder why he chose BEE the character to be heterosexual and married. Come to think of it, his excesses in the book are a lot like John Self's in Money. I actually have a copy of Specimen Days and have never read it. Must get on it. Claire, how could I forget Lunar Park? I loved that book and I didn’t really enjoy Ellis’s other stuff. Wonder why he chose BEE the character to be heterosexual and married. Come to think of it, his excesses in the book are a lot like John Self’s in Money.

I actually have a copy of Specimen Days and have never read it. Must get on it.

]]> By: Claire Coughlan http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2008/03/03/daphne-writers-writing-about-writers/#comment-134729 Claire Coughlan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:51:17 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2008/03/03/daphne-writers-writing-about-writers/#comment-134729 Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis does the whole Martin Amis thing to the nth by having the character called Bret Easton Ellis as a meglomaniacal writer. On a completely different note, The Hours, which features Virgina Woolf and Speciman Days, which features Walt Whitman as a character, both by Michael Cunningham, are two of my favourite books ever. Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis does the whole Martin Amis thing to the nth by having the character called Bret Easton Ellis as a meglomaniacal writer. On a completely different note, The Hours, which features Virgina Woolf and Speciman Days, which features Walt Whitman as a character, both by Michael Cunningham, are two of my favourite books ever.

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