tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5628668999810977653..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Farewell to The Third Policeman and The Commitments - Dublin Soul was about to be bornAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11153662040816719832021-05-30T10:49:50.191-05:002021-05-30T10:49:50.191-05:00It is a wonderful passage. The bliss is so deep t...It is a wonderful passage. The bliss is so deep that the narrator forgets his own name.<br /><br />"It was pleasant, easeful walking, I felt sure I was not going against the road. It was, so to speak, accompanying me."Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-23876246536642725822021-05-30T02:58:33.512-05:002021-05-30T02:58:33.512-05:00The first part of chapter three conveys the most c...The first part of chapter three conveys the most convincing description of a state of bliss that I have read anywhere. For that alone I love this book.Gavin Wraithhttp://www.wra1th.plus.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36542498151840351192021-05-26T11:20:05.959-05:002021-05-26T11:20:05.959-05:00The scene with the boxes is really a Lewis Carroll...The scene with the boxes is really a Lewis Carroll-level masterpiece. Perfect pacing, perfect little variations of the joke.<br /><br />Because it gets around character limits, people have taken up the habit of posting entire pages - multiple pages - on Twitter, often with no context or argument. I always wonder if people read them. I sure don't.<br /><br />I'm not sure what the Doyle reader who does not know the recording already makes of that text. Maybe there is no such reader. Anyways, it has never been easier to find out what "Night Train" or "Knock on Wood" or whatever sound like, if you don't know. Sing Along with Roddy!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47072298413849420702021-05-26T07:29:34.596-05:002021-05-26T07:29:34.596-05:00I read the page. I have not, however, read either...I read the page. I have not, however, read either novel as yet, but I have <i>The Third Policeman</i> and am very much looking forward to it. It is clearly my kind of thing.Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40855757228386529872021-05-26T01:19:26.396-05:002021-05-26T01:19:26.396-05:00I don't think I've read a funnier novel th...I don't think I've read a funnier novel than <i>The Third Policeman</i>. Every now and again I think of the scene with the boxes and break into a smile.Mimic Hootingshttps://mimichootings.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71299875444978490992021-05-25T12:22:10.094-05:002021-05-25T12:22:10.094-05:00It's such a good book.
Part of my decision is...It's such a good book.<br /><br />Part of my decision is that my copy is not anything special, and part is to let it loose in the world, so someone else can read it.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-86543854445926047422021-05-25T11:53:59.523-05:002021-05-25T11:53:59.523-05:00I love your comments on The Third Policeman. I hav...I love your comments on The Third Policeman. I have at least two copies—possibly three. Wouldn't willingly part with them.John Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226234039206082604noreply@blogger.com