tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post1262135566223384613..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Satire of American ex-pats in Florence (Books - World so Wide by Sinclair Lewis)Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-29036028989459184022011-04-25T19:51:00.894-04:002011-04-25T19:51:00.894-04:00Ted - yes, it's been way too long! I'm co...Ted - yes, it's been way too long! I'm coming to the end of the Tribeca FF marathon. I never knew that there would actually be a point where I would think, "Okay, I'm good. I don't see to any movies anymore for a while." I can't believe I've only written 9 reviews so far - it feels like much more!! But yes: definitely in May! Let's get together!!Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-53999802010009451382011-04-23T21:44:51.792-04:002011-04-23T21:44:51.792-04:00Sheila - I think you would love this for the same ...Sheila - I think you would love this for the same reason you love the classic films of the period. Miss you, dear friend, we MUST meet up soon!Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-59292646736038537862011-04-23T19:14:45.336-04:002011-04-23T19:14:45.336-04:00I absolutely MUST read this, on the basis of this ...I absolutely MUST read this, on the basis of this paragraph alone: // They had been returning from Bison Park, after midnight but quite sober. Hayden Chart was driving the convertible and hating his wife, Caprice, and hating himself for hating her. He was not given to grudges and, despite her glitter of pale-green dinner dress and her glitter of derisive gossip, Caprice was a simpleton who no more deserved hatred than did a noisy child. But she did chatter so. It wore Hayden down like a telephone bell ringing incessantly in an empty house. //<br /><br />wow!!Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-21526376197583682422011-04-20T11:02:24.001-04:002011-04-20T11:02:24.001-04:00On this cover I especially love "this, his tw...On this cover I especially love "this, his twenty-second novel, was completed..." That parenthetical phrasing is so urbane. It would never be used today!Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-57000985501104178052011-04-20T10:57:07.016-04:002011-04-20T10:57:07.016-04:00I don't think I have a copy of this one. I lov...I don't think I have a copy of this one. I love cover. Lewis' Kingsblood Royal has similiar corny language but still packs an emotional punch.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.com