Posts filed under “writing”.
Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neil’s Hotel by William Trevor
Reads like this:
He had bought a small plot of ground a few miles from where they lived and he had just erected on it two glass-houses in which he proposed to cultivate tomatoes for profit. He had come back one evening and asked her if she’d ever noticed tomatoes in the shops. ‘A full chip [...]
Waiting for the Physio
Margaret was a tiny self-contained woman with silver hair, gold earrings, striped trousers and a pale mauve body-warmer. Perhaps she had been a beauty, but her chin was doubtful now and there was crazy-paving around her eyes. Tiny feet, well-shod in leather lace-up shoes.
Grace was over-weight and all her parts were subject to more than [...]
Winged with Death – The Audio Cover
Proposed cover image for the audio version of Winged with Death.
Unabridged audio by Isis Audio Books, read by Michael Tudor Barnes.
Publication details when available.
Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates
The second chapter opens with a Kafkaesque scene:
He woke up soaked with sweat, breathing stale and fetid air. A naked light bulb shone in his eyes and he found he was in a steel-framed bunk slung by chains from the wall, like a bunk in a troopship or a jail.
“. . . Everybody out,” a [...]
A Voice From The Book Trade
Over at The View From Here Magazine, Helen Miles talks about her experience of the book trade:
I was quite unprepared for the bizarre practices that persist in the selling of a book. Apparently, I must set a price for our books (that must end with 99p, obviously) and then offer a whacking discount to the [...]
