Better Than Friday - 167 (Patreon)

Goood evening ya'll, beginning to think about my 'Best of' list for 2022. 

'The Passenger' will certainly be on it.

Hope you have a very nice weekend, and it's not too cold yet, wherever you are. 

1. Book I'd like to read - The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes 

A non-fiction book on the dark history and formation of Australia.

2. William Gaddis on wanting to write vs wanting to be a writer

Wise words from a master. 

I really need to (re)review The Recognitions

3. Fell into a heavy Boy Harsher vibe

Something about driving at night along the Floridian beach strip to this. 

4. William Gass Interview with Michael Silverblatt

"The first novella I ever wrote, 'The Pederson Kid', was deliberately restrictive because I knew that my very nature, my fundamental nature, was unbridled soggy romanticism." 

This guy is a character. 

I have yet to read his novels but am looking forward to them. 

5. Casual violence in cartoons is hysterical

Also, Abbot and Costello are the greatest.