Bibliography, August 2024

BOTM: M. Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000)

K. Clark, Another part of the wood (1974)
S.R. Delany, The Einstein intersection (1967)
M. Enriquez, The dangers of smoking in bed (2009)
E. Fatland, High (2022)
K. Fitzherbert, True to both my selves (1998)
E.M. Forster, Alexandria (1922)
S. Hazareesingh, Black Spartacus (2020)
P. Hensher, The Emperor Waltz (2014)
V. McIntyre, Dreamsnake (1978)
J. Paul, The House of Dudley (2022)

It's the summer so I've read a lot of big books this month. I'm glad I did, though some were a bit disappointing (Delany, Hensher, Paul). The latter two of which could have written better books if they had been shorter. That's also true of my favourite, which could probably have been trimmed by 50-100 pages without too much pain. However, all of it was a delight to read. I'm increasingly entranced by the world of mid twentieth century American comic books, but I can never really be bothered to read them. I do like to read about them though, and this brilliantly blended that world with the other bleaker world that was happening alongside it. There are a thousand reviews saying the same thing better, but they are right. Honourable mention for the first volume of Kenneth Clark's (the art historian) autobiography. It's very much of its time and class, but huge fun. The first half is the best.