Will have to go back
to 'The Good Soldier', it could be a rewarding read if I put the effort in. The
unreliable narrator leaves open so many questions and inferences. Yet another
classic about idle people with no jobs or worries inventing problems for themselves.
'White Noise' was too introspective to me - an east coast novel about an
individual's concerns over their own mortality and place in the world. James
Fearnley's book couldn't fail to be interesting with Shane Macgowan the key
character, but it was interesting to find out how very english and very
middle-class The Pogues were. Mumford & Sons (who I have no time for
whatsoever) get criticised for being a
bunch of public-school kids that are aping The Pogues but it turns out
The Pogues themselves were all rather well-to-do. I remember the metaphorical
kick in the gut I felt when I found out Shane had attended Westminster School.
Up there with finding out the people's champion, John Peel, had been to Shrewsbury.
There's a lot of
inverted snobbery going in the above paragraph - the Corbyn effect maybe? I've
never been so thrilled by a loss. Bring on the next election - the revolution
is just a t shirt away. . . .
