Thanks, bobbi. I was fond of his books, particularly (of course) Riddley
Walker. He had more poetry and imagination in him than all too many poets.
On 15 December 2011 00:49, bobbi lurie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> thank you for sending this.
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> bobbi
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> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:47 PM, David Bircumshaw <
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> > wrote:
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> > it does not seem to be a very healthy time for either British or
> > British-based writers of distinction. Russell Hoban, the American
> long-term
> > Londoner, a novelist who could equal a poet, elegantly remembered in the
> > Telegraph:
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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8957087/Russell-Hoban-dedicated-to-strangeness.html
> > --
> > David Joseph Bircumshaw
> > "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe
> is
> > that none of it has tried to contact us."
> > - Calvin & Hobbes
> > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> >
>
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David Joseph Bircumshaw
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is
that none of it has tried to contact us."
- Calvin & Hobbes
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
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