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I really liked this book. Ira Levin doesn’t need much to set an atmosphere. This thin little book is a jewel because of the marvelous dialogue. And this very modern idea that human knowledge can be used to control others, makes us realise that the ideas that worry us now existed already back then. Joanna moves with her husband Walter and their two kids from the city to the outskirts. There she is suite shocked to dis

David Lynch was a warm man. A clever businessplan too. I interviewde him a dozen times. Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man were his best films. The six first episodes of Twinnpeaks were phenomenal. But he believe the hype. And played the game. Lots of his tricks were simplicity turned Into something absurd or seemingly difficult. As to me he didn’t have so many great ideas. He knew how to create an atmosphere. But he m

Ik hoorde Marieke in een podcast. Ze klonk als een warm en boeiend iemand. Ik dacht dat ik haar graag zou lezen.Helaas. Ik zwoeg me door haar simpel boekje. Geen zin kan me boeien, geen enkel personage. Geen schaap. Niets.

Based on some interviews I read with Claire-Louise Bennett, I thought this would be a book for me. But it isn’t. It’s a struggle. Okay, I can see she’s a great Writer, she’s smart and has a sense of humour, that is sometimes also mine, but the book is one big experiment. Quite often I don’t know what she’s saying. It’s full of anecdotes, thoughts, considerations which go nowhere. She has my sympathy, but I can’t foll

Dit boek gaat evenveel over filosofie als over kroegen is de eerste gedachte die ik er aan overhou