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Devil in Montmartre-The Art of Reading Book Club
I just learned that The Devil in Montmartre will be featured at the San Diego Museum of Art’s Art of Reading Book Club, Saturday May 9. The event is being promoted online and on KPBS, San Diego public radio, San Diego Magazine and other media. The book is also on sale in the museum’s bookstore. The following is taken from the KPBS online announcement:
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"“The Winter of Our Discontent” took me a little while. At first, Ethan Allen Hawley annoyed the living shit out of me. All that verbal skittering, all that mockery, all that evasive cleverness. A man standing in his own life, making jokes while the w"
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- Ose , mon fils ! Parle sans trembler ! - Je viens de lire vos lettres... Et j'ai l'impression que vous aimez aimer, après tout.. Est-ce que je me trompe ? - Pas le moins du monde, mon che" Read more of this review » |
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Mark Twain's American tourist's fractured French is Monty Python avant la lettre. Imagine John Cleese as an exasperated British tourist trying to comm
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“To say "He was a young fool, and now he's an old fool" is to make a distinction without a difference.”
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“Thank heaven for people who are satisfied with facts that conform to the reality they wish to believe.”
― Confessions of the Creature
― Confessions of the Creature
“The great city seemed to weigh upon me, as though it were crushing me under its heap of brick and stone. Gray, drizzly skies, congested streets, the soot-belching boats and barges chugging up and down the Thames, the teeming mass of four millions hastening about the countless activities of daily life in a metropolis, things adventurous, meaningful, spiritual, quotidian, futile, criminal, meaningless and absurd. Amidst this seething stew of humanity, I painted.”
― The Flower to the Painter
― The Flower to the Painter
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Glenn wrote: "Hi Gary! I see your novel is nearly at the top of my stack. Since I usually include a pic or two in my review that captures the spirit of the novel, as a Goodreads friend I will extend the courtesy..."Thanks, Glenn! I'll send you a couple of photos.
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Hi Gary! I see your novel is nearly at the top of my stack. Since I usually include a pic or two in my review that captures the spirit of the novel, as a Goodreads friend I will extend the courtesy of asking if you have a favorite photo and/or work of art you would like me to include. I also include an author photo. Likewise, if you have one you would like me to include, please send it along. If so in either or both cases, perhaps the best way is to send me a personal message with a link to the pages. If you would prefer not to, that's cool, just let me know and I'll do the choosing.
Cheers,
Glenn
Glenn wrote: "Hey Gary. Thanks for being such a good Goodreads friend! I do appreciate your stopping by to read and comment on my reviews now and then. Anyway, my local library system has your The Devil in Montm..."Thanks, Glenn! I've been enjoying your insightful reviews for some time now, and I certainly look forward with interest to your review of The Devil. I've completed the Inspector Lefebvre trilogy and, as I've already stated in a blog post and a self-review of the last of three novels, it's been hard saying good-bye to Achille and his world. However, I'm still writing and, as you said, that's another reason to try and stay healthy! :)
Best,
Gary
Hey Gary. Thanks for being such a good Goodreads friend! I do appreciate your stopping by to read and comment on my reviews now and then. Anyway, my local library system has your The Devil in Montmartre. It is on my tbr stack, a very, very large stack. I look forward to reading and reviewing. I'm a complete eccentric and hold to a tight monthly schedule. The Devil will be read and reviewed in the month of July. Gives me yet again another reason to maintain my good health! :)
Fionnuala wrote: "Very nice to meet you, Gary."Nice to meet you, too, Fionnuala. And I noticed you're currently readings James's Wings of the Dove. I look forward to your review. ;)
Marita wrote: "Thank you for your friend request and your kind comment re my review, Gary. (Oh, you are friend number 100!)"
You're welcome, Marita. Your review was especially interesting to me because my novel, "The Devil in Montmartre", is set in Paris during the 1889 Universal Exposition.
I look forward to reading more of your reviews!
Thank you, Gary! I enjoy reading your posts as well!
Hi Gary. Thanks for the friendvite.
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