Memphis Underground

IdleRich

IdleRich

• May 10, 2007

• #1

Anyone read this book?

http://www.snowbooks.com/memphisunderground/

The girl sitting next to me on the bus this morning was reading it and (over her shoulder) I thought it looked quite interesting.
I need to get something to read today and I'm wondering whether it's worth picking that up.

 

john eden

male pale and stale

• May 10, 2007

• #2

I really enjoyed it, but:

a) Stewart is a mate
b) It mentions me briefly.

It's a great Stewart Home novel, tho - combines all his obsessions and manages to be experimental and a bit headfucking without becoming too bonkers and inaccessible.

Lots of good stuff about music, the gentrification of london, pisstakes etc.

 

IdleRich

IdleRich

• May 10, 2007

• #3

"I really enjoyed it, but:"

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I'm sold. I reckon I had pretty much made my mind up anyway to be honest but that's helped. If Borders have it I'll have it too in five minutes.

b) It mentions me briefly.

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By name or what? Will I recognise you?

 

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labrat

hot on the heels of love

• May 10, 2007

• #4

not read it yet....fab novelist (69 things to do with a dead princess is my favorite)*
as you say experimental in a playful and witty way.


*introduced me to Ann Quinn for one thing.

 

john eden

male pale and stale

• May 10, 2007

• #5

Yeah it is basically just my name, ha ha.

Made me happy, though!

 

john eden

male pale and stale

• May 10, 2007

• #6

labrat said:

not read it yet....fab novelist (69 things to do with a dead princess is my favorite)*
as you say experimental in a playful and witty way.


*introduced me to Ann Quinn for one thing.

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Lots of obscure Stewart Home for sale at the brand new uncarved web shoppe:

http://www.uncarved.org/shop/

Namedropping AND spamming - IN THE SAME THREAD?!

 

L

labrat

hot on the heels of love

• May 10, 2007

• #7

Fabulous novelist (69 things to do with a dead princess is my favorite*)
like you say experimental in a playful way.
Waterstones in Manchester hadn't bothered to order a single copy! (hence I haven't read it yet)

*introduced me to Ann Quinn for one thing.

 

IdleRich

IdleRich

• May 10, 2007

• #8

Ok, got it.

"Yeah it is basically just my name, ha ha.
Made me happy, though!"

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If that happened to me it would make me happy.

 

john eden

male pale and stale

• May 29, 2007

• #9

31 MAY 2007
Koenig Books, 80 Charing Cross Road, London W1. 7-9pm. Free
Stewart Home reads and performs with Paul Buck, NO BRA, Cedar Lewisohn and Andrea Mason. This is the London launch of issue 3 of the paperback format magazine "Frozen Tears".

30 MAY 2007
Utter Club, Salisbury Hotel, 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, London N4 1JX. 8pm.
Stewart Home and Tim "Bilko" Wells read their work.

 

IdleRich

IdleRich

• May 29, 2007

• #10

One thing I forgot to say. Did you find that the last half of the book had been very badly edited? Loads of spelling mistakes and words missed-out. I guess that some might argue that was more experimentation but I'm not sure.

 

STN

sou'wester

• May 29, 2007

• #11

I started this yesterday. So far I'm completely gripped by it and will be sloping off to read more on my lunchbreak. It reminds me (no doubt deliberately) of Vermillion Sands by JG Ballard and Trawl by BS Johnson.

The first half is also quite badly edited, not in terms of spelling mistakes but in terms of phrases which should (strictly speaking) be hyphenated but aren't and phrases which shouldn't be but are. I'm wondering the same thing - experimentation by the author or oversight on the part of the publisher? Either way, it hasn't spoiled the book for me.