FOAM (On Burroughs) I treated myself to a limited (1/10) silkscreen print by Ralph Steadman which is a montage of WSB and a large ragged target in the centre. Burroughs then shot each print at his farm in Kansas in 1996 with a different gun, both artists signed each canvas and the series was entitled 'Something new has been added' - I have #7 which was shot with his magnum.. and it now hangs above my stereo in the lounge... I also got a couple of signed B&W photo's from the Beat Hotel of Burroughs and Gysin staring into the dream machine..
I have one of the small moroccan boys at home that he used to bugger when in tangiers.He eats a lot of couscous.
Try: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. One of the best books I've ever read."Six interlocking lives - one amazing adventure. In a narrative that circles the globe and reaches from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of time, genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power, and where it will lead us."That might sound like the usual back cover hyperbole, but I'd say it actually underplays the mind blowing magnificence of this incredible book.
:Dhow much did it set you back?also what's your favourite book by him?
I treated myself to a limited (1/10) silkscreen print by Ralph Steadman which is a montage of WSB and a large ragged target in the centre. Burroughs then shot each print at his farm in Kansas in 1996 with a different gun, both artists signed each canvas and the series was entitled 'Something new has been added' - I have #7 which was shot with his magnum.. and it now hangs above my stereo in the lounge... I also got a couple of signed B&W photo's from the Beat Hotel of Burroughs and Gysin staring into the dream machine..
Brett Easton Ellis I can't read any more. Glamorama I didn't feel like finishing; just too fin de seicle. American Psycho is stunning though. (Am I the only guy on Planet earth that think the film of this is awesome? )
Brilliant a book thread, my, we are all very intellectual (well maybe not the pratchett readers)
Oh and The Butcher Boy......... no Ben, I do not have your copy
Haven't been reading for a while. Only thing I've read lately has been Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, which was brilliant. A near future dark dystopian....