(and weirdly the one that the novel’s Wikipedia page thinks is the only main character) is Larry. He is engaged to Isabel, and declares that his intentino is to ‘loaf’. When pressed on his plans, that is all they are: he doesn’t need excess money or company. He will simply ...
Grant film, though I’d be keen to, and I kept getting it mixed up with V.S. Naipaul’sA House for Mr Biswas(which I haven’t read, but I imagine is very different). I love books about houses, I love books from the ’40s, and I was excited to start it. And, you know what...
Depending on the intonation, even in NAm “Johnny went to the bathroom in his pants” could mean “Johnny went to the lavatory, and he was wearing pants at the time” or “Johnny went to a lavatory which was installed within his pants”, as well as “Johnny peed while having his pants...
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FOCUSONFORTMINOR!!∮¤¤Where'd You Go - Fort Minor Where'd you go? I miss you so Seems like its been forever that you've been gone She said somedays I feel like shit Somedays I wanna quit and just be normal for a bit I don't understand why you always have to be gone I ...
If you assumed Fort Totten was the only Northeast DC neighborhood named for a former head of the Army Corps of Engineers, you were dead wrong. Kingman Park draws its name from Dan Christie Kingman (1852-1916), who Wikipedia says made “substantial harbor improvements” to the port of Clevela...
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Reading the Wikipedia summary, I’m realising I remember the Italian setting (Lake Nemi) but none of the characters – which speaks volumes. 18. Robinson (1958) Spark’s second novel is a play onRobinson Crusoethat sadly isn’t very successful, in my eyes. ...
Despite what Wikipedia says, I think this is Cunningham’s only non-fiction book – a memoir of sorts about Provincetown that is also a travelogue or visitors’ guide or something merging all of these. 4. A Home at the End of the World (1990) ...