tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post3533710390060302567..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: Out of the DarkJim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-61693248744510302352014-11-10T18:35:50.478+00:002014-11-10T18:35:50.478+00:00There have always been issues when it comes to the...There have always been issues when it comes to the Nobel Prize, <b>Gwilliam</b>. The way I’ve always understood it it was to bring the world’s attention to a writer who <i>ought</i> to be famous but had somehow been neglected. Maybe this is why Philip Roth has been passed over because he doesn’t need the press. The rest of the world, of course, associates the Nobel Prize with great writing and expect writers like Roth to get it even if we don’t especially like Roth. I’m only judging Modiano based on one book but from what I’ve read it is one of his better ones although those who’ve read all his books would obviously quibble about which is his best. That said a wee while after I’d finished <i>Out of the Dark</i> I read <i>Elizabeth Costello</i> by J.M. Coetzee (who won the Nobel Prize in 2003) and there was no comparison. I would’ve liked to see Gerald Murnane get the award. He’s quite appreciated in Sweden so I’ve heard.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-74357595307215092052014-11-08T21:38:24.248+00:002014-11-08T21:38:24.248+00:00Nobel Prize. I can't but wonder.Nobel Prize. I can't but wonder. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-16536861037463450742014-11-04T12:10:21.344+00:002014-11-04T12:10:21.344+00:00If what you’re interested in here in the connectio...If what you’re interested in here in the connection to the Profumo affair, <b>Philip</b>, then this probably isn’t the book for you. These characters wander into the wings; they’re never anywhere close to what’s going on centre stage. It’s like watching the film <i>Soldier</i>. Some consider it a sidequel to <i>Blade Runner</i> but the connections are tenuous at best, a few oblique references and the appearance of a spinner (one of those flying cop cars) in the background. I only discovered the Profumo angle after I’d read the book and knowing it adds little or nothing to my appreciation of the book; it works, as does <i>Soldier</i>, on its own terms.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-38584869604380823362014-11-03T10:39:44.208+00:002014-11-03T10:39:44.208+00:00This could be an interesting book to me. The titl...This could be an interesting book to me. The title is EXCELLENT and as it includes stuff about Christine Keeler, Rachman and Savundra et al it would be something intriguing.<br /><br />The Profumo affair was one of THE most twisted Establishment affair and trials ever. I was so saddened when learning of the death of Stephen Ward, the osteopath and artist who was said to be involved with this 'scandal' that brought down the then Tory government. He was accused of living off 'immoral earnings' and he killed himself just before the end of the trial.<br /><br />Of course, I only know what I've read and seen on TV about Ward, Keeler, and the others but I have a strong feeling that the "Establishment" wanted to be rid of him and, gentleman that he was, he obliged.<br /><br />Or did he? Who knows exactly how he exited this world?<br /><br />Cover-ups in Government is once again making the news: child abuse in high places. Yes, who are the real villains I ask myself. Will the truth eventually come out? Probably not.<br /><br />PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.com