Saturday, April 10, 2010

Liberace and Lord Leighton

Last night I reread Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai (I want to write a few sentences about it for the little book on style, which now exists in draft but with the hard parts not written yet!). What a book!
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4 comments:

  1. roswitha4/11/2010 12:37 AM

    In complete and jaw-dropped agreement!

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  2. Penthe4/12/2010 5:59 AM

    Yep, it's a doozy.

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  3. Huw4/12/2010 9:05 AM

    Agreed. I've read it three times and love it.

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  4. Colleen4/12/2010 6:45 PM

    I've got a copy (finally!) on its way to me from Powells.

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