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By: teakada

teakada — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:47:47 +0000

The Long And Winding Bore

My favorite pastime is talking to myself. Not many people know this, but I am actually two people: There lurks inside me this crass dude called Smith who thinks this blog is truckloads of bull and periodically tries to convince…

By: +: etcetera :+ » The Long And Winding Bore

+: etcetera :+ » The Long And Winding Bore — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:20:11 +0000

[…] So I won, and we ended up going to Thavamai Thavamirunthu, directed by Cheran — the guy that made Autograph — and starring himself and a new girl called Padmapriya. After the movie, I had a pretty long conversation with Smith about what I was going to write in my review of the movie, and as we were wrapping up, he begged me to publish the conversation on this blog to provide people a window into his soul. He also wanted me to tell people that Xaviera Hollander is so much better than Raymond Carver. […]

By: tilo

tilo — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:35:47 +0000

Have only read a couple of short stories, was not too impressed

By: DoZ

DoZ — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:33:54 +0000

Thank you, Karthik The special day doesn’t come around for months, but I like to line up excuses to buy books well in advance

By: Karthik

Karthik — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 06:01:41 +0000

Gp, Prash,Doz .. thanks. And happy birthday to you DoZ, whenever that is You probably won’t regret givng yourself a Carver.

By: DoZ

DoZ — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:04:48 +0000

Awesome review. Now I have one more book to buy I was going to allow myself Two Lives as a birthday gift to myself, but damn it, I am now tempted to give myself a substantial gift card at B&N…Even gifts to yourself can’t be cheapo affairs any more…

By: prash

prash — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:47:54 +0000

nice review. del.icio.us-ly tagged as “toread”.
hope to get to it soon!

By: Gp

Gp — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:21:20 +0000

A good write, Ill get the book soon! Thanx!

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:57:39 +0000

A very well-written review. Came here through Chenthil. You’ve made me feel “I should start reading books again…”. Thanks for the first pick in my next innings.

By: Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:20:22 +0000

Chenthil, Bart: thanks. There is nothing cooler than recommending a book to someone and having them go off and read it (and like it, hopefully).

By: Chenthil

Chenthil — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:14:31 +0000

If only I could write like this. Great piece Karthik.

By: Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:21:38 +0000

Lavanya thanks. And thanks for the shout out over at your blog.

Jai, Thanks.

By: Jai

Jai — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:08:37 +0000

Great post, thanks!

By: Lavanya

Lavanya — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:46:00 +0000

I am going to read Carver as soon as I can. Thanks for writing such a beautiful and effective recommendation Karthik.

By: Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:31:34 +0000

Hmm.. this one “Where I’m Calling From” is good. It has a lot of stories from his previous collections, and seven new ones.

By: Gayathri

Gayathri — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:11:56 +0000

I’ve never read Carver, but it now finds a spot on my to-read list! Any recommendations for a first pick?