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May 12, 2005
Avoiding Dave Eggers
Is it slightly irrational of me to distrust an author many of my well-read friends adore? Dervala has her own reasons for avoiding Dave Eggers’ work, and they’re somewhat more developed than mine. As, on reflection, my quite insubstantial reason for not reading him is that it’s only my female well-read friends who’ve recommended him.
Hmmm… this is a game I can play! You should all read Philippe Petit’s To Reach the Clouds immediately. It’s a beautifully written account of how he strung a high wire between New York’s Twin Towers, then ran back and forth along it to the delight of the onlookers below.
Also. It would be nice there was some mechanism for getting new words discovered via poor typing accepted into the lexicon. I originally typed ‘irrantional’ earlier and I’m now wishing it was a real word.
Posted by Oliver at May 12, 2005 11:31 AM
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