Enemy Action: Ian Fleming's “Goldfinger”

Rationality: Beryl Bainbridge's “Harriet Said...”

And then there were none: Robert Coover’s “Gerald’s Party”

Two New Poems
Character (1) an army of adipose gluttons laid claim to her mind lying in wait with syringes, paper rolls and pink pills, it preyed on her, feeding on her, and on her food. she dug holes in the ground, to wholly dispose of those that showed her enmity, she dug trenches, raised walls and brandished white birch rods, to keep them off. she shook them off by shouting, [...]

Rotter: Colson Whitehead’s “Apex Hides The Hurt”
Whitehead, Colson (2006), Apex Hides The Hurt, Anchor ISBN 978-1-4000-3126-9 Although all of Whitehead’s books seem to be genre bastards, Apex Hides The Hurt is difficult to categorize even by Whitehead’s standards. This is both a weakness and a strength of this novel. On the one hand, the book is so well written, so well structured, so [...]

Black with Obols
Louis MacNeice: Charon The conductor’s hands were black with money: Hold on to your ticket, he said, the inspector’s Mind is black with suspicion, and hold on to That dissolving map. We moved through London, We could see the pigeons through the glass but failed To hear their rumours of wars, we could see The lost dog barking but never knew That his [...]

Damals war es Friedrich
Seit ich in letzter Zeit häufiger mal mit britischen Antisemiten zu tun habe, die mir durchaus auch mal mit Zitaten von Jörg Friedrich zu Leibe rücken wollen, hatte ich irgendwie immer vor, mal etwas zum Thema zu posten, aber hab heute via classless‘ blog (der 5-jähriges feiert. Hier eine, hm, Rede des verehrten Herrn Kulla) [...]

Waldrop Wins!
While all over the interwebs the NBA wins are discussed, most of the discussions I saw strongly focused on Colum McCann, who won the award for best novel. Here is a sensible take on that book of his on the FFC2: McCann présente à travers les portraits croisés d’une série de personnes culturellement diversifiées un tableau [...]