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    YOU CAN TAKE THE MAN OUT OF THE GUTTER, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE GUTTER OUT OF THE MAN Low life writer...

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David Sedaris recommended Revolutionary Road in Books (curated)

 
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry
4.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I read The Easter Parade or Revolutionary Road every year. Richard Yates is just a good word-for-word on-the-page writer. He couldn’t be more different than someone like Joy Williams or Raymond Carver. His sentences are very complex, the stories are complicated and he was such a miserable man. I always like people who would hate me. I don’t know what that’s about. But Richard Yates would definitely hate me"

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David Sedaris recommended Easter Parade in Books (curated)

 
Easter Parade
Easter Parade
Richard Yates | 2008 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"I read The Easter Parade or Revolutionary Road every year. Richard Yates is just a good word-for-word on-the-page writer. He couldn’t be more different than someone like Joy Williams or Raymond Carver. His sentences are very complex, the stories are complicated and he was such a miserable man. I always like people who would hate me. I don’t know what that’s about. But Richard Yates would definitely hate me"

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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated A Murder of Quality in Books

Apr 30, 2021  
A Murder of Quality
A Murder of Quality
John le Carr̩ | 2002 | Crime
6
6.0 (2 Ratings)
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Was disappointed with this. I understand that le Carré was still finding his feet as a writer here. But I felt this was a step down from his first Novel "Call For The Dead". Saying this I know he picks himself up in his next novel to the point where he starts forming his now legendary status as a novelist. So I am looking forward to reading "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold"
  
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Maggie Nelson recommended Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration in Books (curated)

 
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
David Wojnarowicz, Olivia Laing | 2017 | Art, Photography & Fashion
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"Published just before he died of AIDS, Wojnarowicz’s memoir is a classic of outlaw literature and political fury. Wojnarowicz — who was a great artist as well as writer — wheels through his wickedly difficult childhood, the deaths of friends and lovers, great sex writing, thoughts about art, screeds against the likes of Jesse Helms, all the while facing down his own imminent demise. It’s sad, funny, angry and transporting, a kaleidoscope on fire."

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Jenny Saville recommended The Brutality of Face: Interviews with Francis Bacon in Books (curated)

 
The Brutality of Face: Interviews with Francis Bacon
The Brutality of Face: Interviews with Francis Bacon
David Sylvester | 2021
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"This series of conversations between the painter Francis Bacon and the writer David Sylvester shaped my thinking about art and creativity, and I’ve read it over and over. The words are precise, profound and relevant. Reading what Bacon says about the game of painting in the face of film and photography helped me navigate a way to make figurative painting today. Every time I read them I feel energized and compelled to paint."

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Kathy Najimy recommended Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned in Books (curated)

 
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned
Lena Dunham | 2014 | Biography
6.2 (5 Ratings)
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"Whimsical, original, hilarious, brave and addicting. At any moment, I can pick up the book, turn to any chapter (even ones I’ve already read) and be transported by the funny, fun, feminist, filmmaker/writer. I reread her adventures and re-experience them. Delightful and surprising, she bares her soul as freely as she bares her body and I’m transported back to my wild and woolly childhood, teenhood and womanhood aches and thrills."

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