Donna Tartt's "The Secret History" is slow burn as slow burn can be. The characters develop extremely slowly, over pages of back story, descriptions of peculiarities, seeming trivial incidents that do not mean anything, but they add up to something meaningful in the...
Writerly life (Creative life in general) Capote : A movie that explores the time in life of Truman Capote when he wrote “In cold blood. Bonus is a glimpse in the success of Harper Lee, who was Capote’s childhood friend.The Angel at My Table : The movie is about the...
"Many happy returns of the day, dude. Look what I bought for you?" "Oh! "Manhattan Beach"! I was so looking forward to read this." "I know, I know. When we were in Goa, you read "A visit from the Goon squad" even in the dim light of that open air bar where the group...
