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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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 Posted - 01/31/2005 : 12:02:54
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Does anybody here like Thom Jones, the writer of excellent short stories, not the singer of cheesy songs?
I loved loved loved "Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine" and "Pugilist at rest." I love the crazed nam vet/fighter turned janitor schpiel, the way he writes, what he writes about. Any other fans here?
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 02:45:40
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Yeah I´ve read Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine, I found it a library in Ireland at random a couple of years ago. There are passages of brilliant light all the way through it, I felt. My favourites were the stories about a guy living with his mother and her morphine (think I stole a phrase from it for a story of my own), soldiers on leave in Tijuana, and a swimmer.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 05:45:29
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His is brilliant, dare I say "male" writing. Try to score a copy
of "Pugilist at Rest." You won't be disappointed!
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 06:30:26
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i'd like to find out more - especially b/c the last few books i've read have been shite
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 11:32:26
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Brian, will you trust me on this? Pure blind trust? Shell out
twelve bucks -- or go to your local library? Thom Jones
"Sonny Liston was a friend of mine" or "The Pugilist
at rest." I guarantee you will like his stuff, or at least find
it compelling.
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 12:20:55
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i will pick it up tomorrow or thursday from the library - they appear to only have "the pugilist at rest"
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 13:30:22
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Do it!
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 14:53:24
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I tried hard not to post a Tom Jones picture...
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Good reading!
