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saw119


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Following on from the recent post of Jarvis reading Last Day Of Summer, does anyone have any recommendations of books that deal with themes, places and stories that are Pulp like. For me Michel Houellebecq has some elements of Pulpishness.



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That's an interesting and difficult question...

Perhaphs I'll go to Nick Hornby, Ian McEwan of course.

A touch of F.Scott Fitzgerald and Edith Warthon...A bit of Milan Kundera, I think.

Pulp's universe is so wonderful that it's really difficult to imagine writer's styles that will fit there.

I've always have this thought: Javis should write a book. Recently he explained that he's too lazy to write books.

 



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Sue Townsend's (of Adrian Mole fame) wry style of writing - very English and self-deprecating, reminds me of Pulp's lyrics at times. I was quite chuffed to read that in the last Adrian Mole book, The Prostrate Years, Pulp were even mentioned as a band that Adrian's wife liked - and not Coldplay.



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Eamonn wrote:

Sue Townsend's (of Adrian Mole fame) wry style of writing - very English and self-deprecating, reminds me of Pulp's lyrics at times. I was quite chuffed to read that in the last Adrian Mole book, The Prostate Years, Pulp were even mentioned as a band that Adrian's wife liked - and not Coldplay.

 Nice example. I've read all Adrian Mole's books when I was a teenager, stopped when he and I became adults. Have to read the last ones.



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I'd recommend The Wrong Boy by Willy Russell. Each chapter is a letter to Morrissey but I think it really has that 'growing up as an outsider' feel to it. Brilliant Book.

Why Ian McEwan of course? I've never read any of his books but i've seen them around... Worth a read?

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thomas_bland wrote:

I'd recommend The Wrong Boy by Willy Russell. Each chapter is a letter to Morrissey but I think it really has that 'growing up as an outsider' feel to it. Brilliant Book.

Why Ian McEwan of course? I've never read any of his books but i've seen them around... Worth a read?

 Ian McEwan of course, beacuse the short story that Jarvis read is from him. I particullary liked Chesil Beach, Atonement and Amsterdam.



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On the Ian McEwan topic his book of short stories 'In Between The Sheets', an incredibly Pulp title, is like a book equivalent of This Is Hardcore. I can recommend it, also I guess you should read Kes by Barry Hines!

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Jarvis once mentioned liking this book in an interview, back in 1998ish

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Inspiration for This Is Hardcore?

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Eamonn wrote:

Inspiration for This Is Hardcore?

 

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Jarvis chose Richard Brautigan's Sombrero Fallout on Desert Island Discs. And he's written the introduction for a new edition by Canongate: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/canongate-launch-canons.html
I haven't read it yet.

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I second Milan Kundera, particularly "Identity"...

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