tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post3333918423534261818..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: book listRoger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-88445749595937133142007-07-30T10:12:00.000+02:002007-07-30T10:12:00.000+02:00i think taylor is odious; if he is the guy who rev...i think taylor is odious; if he is the guy who reviewed Mira Nair's Vanity Fair and whinged about it not being facsimile-true to the Victorian era (in which of course it is not even set). But it's a book that will win over a diversity of folkses, seductive for the sheer charm of the style, which is not very precisely pastiche like Palliser but a sort of spirit-of-the-era invention atop pastiche, openly pomo perspective, owing some faint something to what ackroyd has done with earlier idioms. I liked it a lot. I loved Quincunx (we talked about that already) - the other one in the genre that really grabbed me was Waters' <I>Fingersmith</I> (really good, Affinity was good too but not as good); in this vein though - i read a lot of that - <I>Quincunx</I> is in a class by itself (for its politics especially).Le Colonel Chaberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090919492176021408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-56202140722702527932007-07-30T04:38:00.000+02:002007-07-30T04:38:00.000+02:00I haven't. It does look tempting - I looked google...I haven't. It does look tempting - I looked googled it and see that Charles Taylor, a Salon critic who I feel is a bit ... (well, perhaps it would be unwise to emit a judgment from somebody I might be begging work from) reviewed it and praised it. I am a fan of some neo-victoriana - particularly Charles Palliser. On the other hand, I was pretty disappointed with last season's candidate, Michael Cox's Meaning of Night - as per my review, which I was going to link to, but The Globe and Mail has tucked it into the per pay archive. Oh well.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-21337508378693669832007-07-30T04:12:00.000+02:002007-07-30T04:12:00.000+02:00This one's 2002, but if you haven't read it alread...This one's 2002, but if you haven't read it already, I think woggia you would like Faber, <I>The Crimson Petal and the White</I>.Le Colonel Chaberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090919492176021408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-74072475992329393562007-07-30T01:01:00.000+02:002007-07-30T01:01:00.000+02:00Mr. D., I am sure you will like the Maias. Such a ...Mr. D., I am sure you will like the Maias. Such a well built novel.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-87110036016388064222007-07-30T00:57:00.000+02:002007-07-30T00:57:00.000+02:00Numbernumbernumber,I like Lobo Antunes better than...Numbernumbernumber,<BR/>I like Lobo Antunes better than Saramango. But I haven't read any of his novels over the last four years - although I think one has been translated in that time. Three cheers for the portugese!Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-63401473661611420442007-07-30T00:02:00.000+02:002007-07-30T00:02:00.000+02:00Thanks, Mr. Gathman!I'm enjoying The Savage Detect...Thanks, Mr. Gathman!<BR/>I'm enjoying The Savage Detectives now, and I've got Falling Man waiting in the wings. I look forward to trying out the Iberians you suggest.Dick Duratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601783096358670446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-86423163877728745282007-07-29T23:47:00.000+02:002007-07-29T23:47:00.000+02:00You really want me to be in the poor house with th...You really want me to be in the poor house with the book purchases, don't you? :D<BR/><BR/>You might like António Lobo Antunes as well.###https://www.blogger.com/profile/04456754255203969483noreply@blogger.com