Ideal Bedtime Snack
My habit seems to be to enjoy a glass of wine before I roll into bed, with a book. Right now I’m reading a book in which the author appears in character as himself, which is quite distressing. Even worse, he writes about his fictional character as him through the hindsight of fame, but before he (in this world) became famous. The final straw is that he suggests that works of fiction are real narratives dictating life and events in other worlds. This distresses my free will, and so I sip Pouilly Fuisse.
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on September 26th, 2006 at 1:22 am
You do know that you don’t have to keep on reading….
Bobos in Paradise, by David Brooks, is a much better read. Especially as you are getting used to NY life.
on September 30th, 2006 at 10:47 am
Sounds a bit like Brett Easton Ellis … hope the sense of free will repairs itself.