tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post114191007820723649..comments2024-01-07T13:24:03.640+00:00Comments on Nothing Tra La La?: Shock tactics0tralalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818587472660040921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-1143041088819298552006-03-22T15:24:00.000+00:002006-03-22T15:24:00.000+00:00The one bit I really do like in Overtaken, apart f...The one bit I really do like in Overtaken, apart from the recollection of how seeing Archaos made us all want to join the circus somewhere about 1990 it brought me, is an astonishingly deft and absolutely spot on sequence about a page long about 1970s left wing playwrights.<BR/>It made me laugh out loud and weep inwardly.<BR/><BR/>IzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-1142626832795699372006-03-17T20:20:00.000+00:002006-03-17T20:20:00.000+00:00I agree with Deej: The Weeping Woman Hotel is as g...I agree with Deej: The Weeping Woman Hotel is as good as the short stories were, but then in full length novel form. He said he'd chosen to focus on writing the novel as opposed to doing it in between other things and when you read it, you'll find that easy to believe. Overtaken read like a really good draft version; overall structure was impressive, but it read like he put all the seperately written bits together without editing it.<BR/>The Weeping Women Hotel is quite beautiful really, even quite moving at times.<BR/><BR/>EefAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-1141994607849968342006-03-10T12:43:00.000+00:002006-03-10T12:43:00.000+00:00Cheers, Deej. Exactly what I was hoping to hear. I...Cheers, <A HREF="http://www.deejsaint.co.uk/" REL="nofollow">Deej</A>. Exactly what I was hoping to hear. I shall avail myself of it at my earliest opportunity.0tralalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818587472660040921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-1141943047208322662006-03-09T22:24:00.000+00:002006-03-09T22:24:00.000+00:00I also found Overtaken a bit underwhelming in the ...I also found Overtaken a bit underwhelming in the aftermath of the truly marvellous short story collections. But do pursue The Weeping Women Hotel. It's bloody marvellous. In fact, I've started reading Overtaken again in case I missed something first time, so much better did I think the new one was...<BR/><BR/>DeejAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com