Thanks, David.
I bought, read and admired Reading's 'C' when in your country whatever year that
was, and am sorry not to have followed his work thoroughly.
Bloodaxe books turn up in Aus bookshops but I never noticed those mentioned by
the very good obit.
Max in Melbourne
Quoting David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>:
> I hadn't noticed this. I think 'oh shit, Peter Reading's dead' is an
> acceptable elegiac. Pessimism has just got worse.
>
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/02/peter-reading
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