Junot is the shit. And not just because he earned a Pulitzer for his first book – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – which I’m currently reading, but because he writes sentences …
The light is slowly dying. The scene is retro-ethereal. It’s the subtle blues and reds and greens beaming from afar, like a large steamboat approaching the coastline. Then there is the man, pint sized, but so confident he fills …
Ian Callum. Heard of him? He is Jaguar’s Design Director. He’s the chap who draws those cars. Callum describes the Jaguar as – wait for this – the “optimum expression of metal.” Turn that over in your mouth. Savour …
A quarter-way through Herman Koch’s book, THE DINNER, you will suspect you don’t like the main character Paul very much. Halfway through you will be certain he’s a dick. And just as you are struggling with this conclusion, you …