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unlike me to read the book after watching the adaptation . really really good so far, will update on how the different medium affects my emotional response

some nice anecdotes and music recommendations

dissertation context reading 😎

was getting too much secondhand embarrassment from gordon to carry on today, got some money and already squandering it on stuff he normally complains about.

poet who decided to be poor is complaining about being poor

nice knowing even in the nineteen thirties peoples grandparents’ fav hobby was talking about their illnesses

recommended to me by my dad, just over half way thru but may need to go back and start again. think i read all 191 pages so far in one go on the train a while back though so shouldn’t take long. told through the perspective of his son, it’s about a charming man who hates seeing his home polluted and even though he’s so stupid and reckless you love him instantly. i’ll get back to it soon i promise

can definitely see the musings of 1984 in this so far; the bookshop gordon works at overlooking commercial posters lining the street opposite, the thin layer of grime that seems to coat the narrative so far, the split between his hate and desire for money. keeps talking about his failed attempts at writing his poetry, wonder where that will take the story!