Yes, I finished Holden's Performance a couple of nights ago. It was kind of a slow, gentle and ponderous read, a bit like the main character of the book. But beautifully imagined, such inventive writing, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Reading Holden, I really got a sense of the craft of a good fiction writer. It wasn't quite 'poetry' but the effort and cleverness of the writer, the left-of-field outlook on life was quite evident without being overstated; a very clever and eccentric writer. Give me more ...
And Carey is Murray Bail on acid. And exactly the opposite of what you'd expect from the cover of The Tax Inspector. It is out there! Full of crazy, yet ordinary, and very engaging characters. Loving it.
Bought Bliss at the Flinders Fair today - bargain at $2!
Yes, I know Peter Carey is famous and I really should have read at least one of his books by now; Illywhacker, Oscar and Lucinda... still, that's why I'm on this mission, to finally get around to all those books I really must read and discover a whole lot more!
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