Brain Pain discussion

Joseph McElroy’s debut novel, A Smuggler's Bible, was published in 1966. The novel consists of a frame story intercut with eight chapters that correspond with the eight manuscripts mentioned in the frame story.


Wikipedia page for Joseph McElroy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M...


Wikipedia page for A Smuggler’s Bible:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Smuggl...


McElroy’s author website:

http://www.josephmcelroy.com/


Feel free to use this thread to ask questions and post links to resources for Joseph McElroy and A Smuggler’s Bible.

Also, if you’ve written a review of the book, please post a link to share with the group.

I'm pretty sure this is the "Ackerman" mentioned in The Shadow:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Ackermann

Example of "an Ackermann":

http://www.peterharrington.co.uk/authors/rudolph-ackermann/

Mkfs wrote: "I'm pretty sure this is the "Ackerman" mentioned in The Shadow:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_...

Example of "an Ackermann":

http://www.peterharrington.co.uk/auth..."

A steal at £7,500...

I'm guessing most/all of the books mentioned really exist.

I thought about reading ahead of the schedule, but I'm thinking it might be nice to follow the weekly schedule and absorb this book slowly.

Jim wrote: "I thought about reading ahead of the schedule, but I'm thinking it might be nice to follow the weekly schedule and absorb this book slowly. "

Yeah, I'm afraid I can't do that this time. Trying to get through this before I leave on vacation -- I have enough print books to take along as it is :)

The book recommended to David Brooke in about half of the letters sent to him in Part VII : Wisdom, Madness and Folly. Amusing how many of his correspondents' descriptions of the book use the same phrasing (though that may be a typical Dukeism).

Here is my review, which is overlong and full of rich spoilery goodness.