I haven't started it yet, but I don't think he got into Beefheart until much later.
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Just picked this one up from the library. Randomly browsing and chosen simply because I like Roddy Doyle. Proving to be quite a good read. I'm about halfway through it and while it seems relatively - I don't know what word to use right now - maybe "calm" as a narrative - I get the feeling it is going to get more and more intense.
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I can understand his appeal but could never take to Roddy Doyle personally. Hated all those early, supposedly hilarious, novels and have never been able to engage with him since.WestwayKid wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 12:08pmRoddy.jpg
Just picked this one up from the library. Randomly browsing and chosen simply because I like Roddy Doyle. Proving to be quite a good read. I'm about halfway through it and while it seems relatively - I don't know what word to use right now - maybe "calm" as a narrative - I get the feeling it is going to get more and more intense.
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Read the Barrytown Trilogy and Paddy Clarke years and years ago. The Snapper is the only one I'd ever be inclined to re-read.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 1:01pmI can understand his appeal but could never take to Roddy Doyle personally. Hated all those early, supposedly hilarious, novels and have never been able to engage with him since.WestwayKid wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 12:08pmRoddy.jpg
Just picked this one up from the library. Randomly browsing and chosen simply because I like Roddy Doyle. Proving to be quite a good read. I'm about halfway through it and while it seems relatively - I don't know what word to use right now - maybe "calm" as a narrative - I get the feeling it is going to get more and more intense.
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I actually had never read any Doyle until I picked up this book. My kids and I go to the library on a regular basis and I quickly scan the new fiction and try not to overthink it. I enjoy kind of just taking a chance - but I need something to catch my eye - and I recognized his name and decided that would be the book I was going to try and it's been a good read - slowly paced - not really hilarious or funny - but I'm really curious to know where it ends up because I feel like it is going to end up somewhere unexpected.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 1:36pmRead the Barrytown Trilogy and Paddy Clarke years and years ago. The Snapper is the only one I'd ever be inclined to re-read.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 1:01pmI can understand his appeal but could never take to Roddy Doyle personally. Hated all those early, supposedly hilarious, novels and have never been able to engage with him since.WestwayKid wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 12:08pmRoddy.jpg
Just picked this one up from the library. Randomly browsing and chosen simply because I like Roddy Doyle. Proving to be quite a good read. I'm about halfway through it and while it seems relatively - I don't know what word to use right now - maybe "calm" as a narrative - I get the feeling it is going to get more and more intense.
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As long as the reader is curious to see where the tale ends, that's a success as far as I'm concerned. If you've never seen the film version of The Snapper, my wife loves it, and it'll likely help you figure out whether the book is worth checking out.WestwayKid wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 11:57amI actually had never read any Doyle until I picked up this book. My kids and I go to the library on a regular basis and I quickly scan the new fiction and try not to overthink it. I enjoy kind of just taking a chance - but I need something to catch my eye - and I recognized his name and decided that would be the book I was going to try and it's been a good read - slowly paced - not really hilarious or funny - but I'm really curious to know where it ends up because I feel like it is going to end up somewhere unexpected.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 1:36pmRead the Barrytown Trilogy and Paddy Clarke years and years ago. The Snapper is the only one I'd ever be inclined to re-read.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 1:01pmI can understand his appeal but could never take to Roddy Doyle personally. Hated all those early, supposedly hilarious, novels and have never been able to engage with him since.WestwayKid wrote: ↑04 Mar 2018, 12:08pmRoddy.jpg
Just picked this one up from the library. Randomly browsing and chosen simply because I like Roddy Doyle. Proving to be quite a good read. I'm about halfway through it and while it seems relatively - I don't know what word to use right now - maybe "calm" as a narrative - I get the feeling it is going to get more and more intense.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I'm trying this again, once more with the Harvey course.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Feb 2017, 12:45pmYeah, that's familiar. I shake my head at scholars who marvel at it as a work of literature. Harvey and my field supervisor's helped me immensely, but even at that it took me awhile before shit started to click. Another thing that might be helpful is this essay by said field supervisor on an excellent interpretation of Marx, Moishe Postone (I also recommend Postone's book, Time, Labor and Social Domination, if you're still into this shit at the end).Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Feb 2017, 12:38pmSlow. It's a little like reading an old, old primary source from the Anglo Saxon days. Why have you chosen to tell me this part? Why aren't you explaining this other bit? I'm comprehending it, with help from Harvey, the rabbit, but it is sheer homework.
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just don't listen to Jack about Harvey or other Marxians. He's with Kliman who thinks that corporate profits have been continually declining and are at their lowest in decades.Silent Majority wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 1:21pmI'm trying this again, once more with the Harvey course.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Feb 2017, 12:45pmYeah, that's familiar. I shake my head at scholars who marvel at it as a work of literature. Harvey and my field supervisor's helped me immensely, but even at that it took me awhile before shit started to click. Another thing that might be helpful is this essay by said field supervisor on an excellent interpretation of Marx, Moishe Postone (I also recommend Postone's book, Time, Labor and Social Domination, if you're still into this shit at the end).Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Feb 2017, 12:38pmSlow. It's a little like reading an old, old primary source from the Anglo Saxon days. Why have you chosen to tell me this part? Why aren't you explaining this other bit? I'm comprehending it, with help from Harvey, the rabbit, but it is sheer homework.
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Jack's also anti-Sweezy who I'm looking forward to getting to after Capital.eumaas wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 2:29pmjust don't listen to Jack about Harvey or other Marxians. He's with Kliman who thinks that corporate profits have been continually declining and are at their lowest in decades.Silent Majority wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 1:21pmI'm trying this again, once more with the Harvey course.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Feb 2017, 12:45pmYeah, that's familiar. I shake my head at scholars who marvel at it as a work of literature. Harvey and my field supervisor's helped me immensely, but even at that it took me awhile before shit started to click. Another thing that might be helpful is this essay by said field supervisor on an excellent interpretation of Marx, Moishe Postone (I also recommend Postone's book, Time, Labor and Social Domination, if you're still into this shit at the end).Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Feb 2017, 12:38pmSlow. It's a little like reading an old, old primary source from the Anglo Saxon days. Why have you chosen to tell me this part? Why aren't you explaining this other bit? I'm comprehending it, with help from Harvey, the rabbit, but it is sheer homework.
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Yep, those two things are connected. Klimanites believe neoliberalism is a purely political event that had no economic impact whatsoever. Sweezy and Harvey etc are on the other hand willing to revise Marx in light of evidence and, you know, historical changes.Silent Majority wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 2:35pmJack's also anti-Sweezy who I'm looking forward to getting to after Capital.eumaas wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 2:29pmjust don't listen to Jack about Harvey or other Marxians. He's with Kliman who thinks that corporate profits have been continually declining and are at their lowest in decades.Silent Majority wrote: ↑05 Mar 2018, 1:21pmI'm trying this again, once more with the Harvey course.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Feb 2017, 12:45pmYeah, that's familiar. I shake my head at scholars who marvel at it as a work of literature. Harvey and my field supervisor's helped me immensely, but even at that it took me awhile before shit started to click. Another thing that might be helpful is this essay by said field supervisor on an excellent interpretation of Marx, Moishe Postone (I also recommend Postone's book, Time, Labor and Social Domination, if you're still into this shit at the end).Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Feb 2017, 12:38pm
Slow. It's a little like reading an old, old primary source from the Anglo Saxon days. Why have you chosen to tell me this part? Why aren't you explaining this other bit? I'm comprehending it, with help from Harvey, the rabbit, but it is sheer homework.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
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I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
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I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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Kliman also thinks that imperialism doesn't exist.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
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I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
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That's certainly a thing to believe.
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He also believes that working class incomes have not declined. Instead, it's the capitalists who have taken a hit.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
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I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
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Well, I have been looking for a reason to pity the billionaire, lately.
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The Manchurian Candidate is fiction … but this is real. Yup.
The Manchurian Candidate is fiction … but this is real. Yup.
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