Great stuff, Jim! Certainly sold me on Our Share Of Night. Added to my list.
And gosh, I so many vivid memories of reading books in certain locales. The six weeks it took me to read Gravity's Rainbow, in 2005. I took a break in the middle because it had become so intense, haunting my dreams. But shortly resuming and bringing it up to Hampstead Heath as the autumn weather descended on London, sitting in the grass then to a now-gone Polish restaurant for some delicious potato pancakes. Reading Lucky Jim in Switzerland trying to get over a broken heart. The Mortdecai Trilogy back in my hometown, awaiting a diagnosis that would turn out to be Lyme disease. Starting Anthony Burgess' Earthly Powers en route to the airport in Rome. Starting Trainspotting in the back of my friend's car en route to a Social Distortion show in New London, CT, the day after seeing the film. Unable to wait, we had hit Barnes & Noble before the gig. So many more...
Great stuff, Jim! Certainly sold me on Our Share Of Night. Added to my list.
And gosh, I so many vivid memories of reading books in certain locales. The six weeks it took me to read Gravity's Rainbow, in 2005. I took a break in the middle because it had become so intense, haunting my dreams. But shortly resuming and bringing it up to Hampstead Heath as the autumn weather descended on London, sitting in the grass then to a now-gone Polish restaurant for some delicious potato pancakes. Reading Lucky Jim in Switzerland trying to get over a broken heart. The Mortdecai Trilogy back in my hometown, awaiting a diagnosis that would turn out to be Lyme disease. Starting Anthony Burgess' Earthly Powers en route to the airport in Rome. Starting Trainspotting in the back of my friend's car en route to a Social Distortion show in New London, CT, the day after seeing the film. Unable to wait, we had hit Barnes & Noble before the gig. So many more...
Thanks, Aug! Gravity's Rainbow definitely leaves a mark.