Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Rosemary Tonks, The Bloater, Travis Elborough, Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World's most Unusual Corners

 'I only read 'The Bloater' as it was recommended by Stewart Lee, who wrote the introduction. It completely passed me by, didn't get the humour or care about the characters. The Atlas of Improbable Places was a good idea lazily executed - it could have been cribbed from websites about these undeniably interesting places, but no personal touch, no insights. My current crotchety demeanour may owe something to all the noise around at the moment. The neighbours at the back have had the chainsaws out chopping up trees and  the neighbours to the right at the Shaw Centre are in the middle of rebuilding and drilling through concrete. All this has set off the dog in the house to the left. . .  

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