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	Murph 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	VD Anthology Vol. III by Brian Kelly (Goodreads Author), Kay Gillard (Contributor), Jimi Odell (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Brian Kelly wants to read Psychogeography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place by Will Self	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Brian Kelly rated a book really liked it A History of Irish Working-Class Writing by Michael Pierse	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The kind of book that calls for a response. Feels like it's setting the ground. ...more
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Brian Kelly rated a book it was amazing The Deadly Percheron by John Franklin Bardin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Hilarious. As funny as Pynchon but more sardonic and less stoned. Can't believe it took till now for me to come across it. ...more
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Brian Kelly rated a book it was amazing The Rules of Revelation by Lisa McInerney	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Best of the three, I think. It's iteresting how McInerney's portrayl of creativity as a form of resistance changes across her trilogy. ...more
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In some ways the demystification achieved by analysing the ways different fields of influence work together to create art is quite liberating. But there's also a niggling sense that this is just more disenchanted, a feeling that grows towards the end ...more
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