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Slow Chocolate Autopsy - cheap!

The Return Of Rothkoid

19:25 / 17.12.01

In case you (like I) haven't read it: the Soho Bookshop in Soho, London is selling copies of Slow Chocolate Autopsy for £1.99. Snapped one up this evening, there looked to be about twenty or so there. You can see them in the window from the laneway that joins the end of Berwick St.

That said, anyone got any ruminations on the book? Recommendations? Spoiler warnings essential, of course...

Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?

20:41 / 17.12.01

Slightly unconventionalyl, I enjoyed the bit swhere he actually lets go more than a lot of the stuff in more "canonical" Sinclair. I do kind of wish he had avoided falling into the Zarate trap of having an artist around to mediate his vision, as McKean always seems to have been much better at implying depth than actually delivering it. Still, good to see more of the Falconer and Neverwhere fans should probably get it. Fuck, at 1.99 everyone who can get to it should have a crack at it. That's less than 10 marlie lights...

sleazenation

20:45 / 17.12.01

and the football short story was great.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

07:28 / 18.12.01

It was the book that first got me into Sinclair. Who I love. Read it. Read it NOW! Then, if they've got any copies left, buy 'em for your mates. 'Cos I'll probably be doing so. cheers for the tip.

Whisky Priestess

07:49 / 18.12.01

Forgive my ignorance, but apart from having the best title ever, what is this - a comic, graphic novel or a text one?

Obviously with a name like that I'll have to have it on my bookshelf whatever.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

07:55 / 18.12.01

Without spoilage... it's a book of (linked) short stories, with art by Dave McKean... a couple of the stories being in comic form.
It's very London-centric (as Sinclair always is. Apart from his new one, though that does have some great London bits in.)

grant

14:02 / 18.12.01

this American will accept donations.

DaveBCooper

13:41 / 21.12.01

Thanks for the tip, RoR - picked one up last night, and it looks very interesting...

DBC

The Return Of Rothkoid

16:37 / 21.12.01

Who's up for trading? Bearing in mind that I'm pissed, I might try to make a slight detour between Barbeboozers tomorrow and pick up a couple of copies. Who's got the goods to swap?

I'm currently reading my copy - tis pretty good, y'know. A bit overwrought, but - nobbad at all.

grant

17:21 / 21.12.01

quote:Originally posted by The Return Of Rothkoid:
Who's up for trading? Bearing in mind that I'm pissed, I might try to make a slight detour between Barbeboozers tomorrow and pick up a couple of copies. Who's got the goods to swap?

I'm currently reading my copy - tis pretty good, y'know. A bit overwrought, but - nobbad at all.

Name a price.

The Return Of Rothkoid

13:28 / 23.12.01

I've got a couple of copies - PM away!

Maybe a book-swap would be cool?

Kit-Cat Club

08:21 / 02.01.02

Bookswap good idea; secondhand and bargains only though, I think. Or some kind of 'keep an eye out for this book without which my life will be incomplete' thing. But probably best done on an ad hoc basis for the time being.

The Return Of Rothkoid

08:24 / 02.01.02

I've already organised it with Grant. But there's still a couple of copies on hand here iffn anyone wants to swap for 'em.

Kit-Cat Club

08:26 / 02.01.02

Oh, sorry - I thought you meant a sort of general bookswap thing. Ignore me.

The Return Of Rothkoid

14:56 / 14.01.02

Anyone going to the meet on the 19th in need of a copy of said tome?

The Return Of Rothkoid

18:36 / 14.01.02

More Barbegoodness: I was there tonight, and there were a couple of copies of Sinclair's Lights Out For The Territory for sale for a fiver. A bit dented, and there's two left, now that I've bought one...

Pin

07:51 / 15.01.02

Me! No, wait, you knew that...

And one of the inclair books n' all. Never heard of it before, but like new things. Please? Will pay you, honest.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

10:16 / 15.01.02

Not sure if this is a good or bad thing to say, but... (here goes, deep breath)
Lights Out For The Territory is actually better than Slow Chocolate Autopsy. (Not by much, but definitely the winner in that race.)

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

06:32 / 16.01.02

Actually, now I come to think of it, "Landor's Tower"'s better than both of 'em. Possibly. "Lights Out"'s probably the one to buy, though- it's a real "keep going back to it" book, and has a fucking hilarious chapter on Jeffrey Archer in it.

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