tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post115660117811004919..comments2023-10-24T11:36:02.392+00:00Comments on Crockatt and Powell Booksellers - blog: It's saturday so it must be football. (Bad language can be heard on the terraces)Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17940166741430047650noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156940550737852972006-08-30T12:22:00.000+00:002006-08-30T12:22:00.000+00:00Anonymous,I've been in lots of groups of men from ...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I've been in lots of groups of men from varying backgrounds, jobs, positions and I've always been amazed at just how quickly the character of that group becomes painfully familiar.<BR/><BR/>And I didn't quite get whether you had read the Peace book but it is all about Clough's individualism when confronted with the dubious social order of a larger group - Leeds Utd. So it should be right up your street.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15793050007954678178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156931599056369392006-08-30T09:53:00.000+00:002006-08-30T09:53:00.000+00:00You mean what it means to be a certain kind of Eng...You mean what it means to be a certain kind of English white male. Not withstanding the originality of this book, but fear of not being part of a group - no matter how bankrupt in its pursuits - seems to a dominant factor in social cohesion among public school toffs and working class lads. Still there are exceptions to such stereotypes...<BR/><BR/>I read novels to see the fault line between individualism and the dubious social order of the larger group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156845250406596392006-08-29T09:54:00.000+00:002006-08-29T09:54:00.000+00:00Both, I guess.Both, I guess.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15793050007954678178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156844798981823342006-08-29T09:46:00.000+00:002006-08-29T09:46:00.000+00:00Is that 'after' as in afterwards, or 'after' as in...Is that 'after' as in afterwards, or 'after' as in 'looking for'? As in, 'I'm after a cup of tea'?<BR/><BR/>I see David Peace still can't keep that note of contempt for the English out of his voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156804854748698092006-08-28T22:40:00.000+00:002006-08-28T22:40:00.000+00:00Yes and fully available to order from your friendl...Yes and fully available to order from your friendly Waterloo-based independent bookshop. We post to Kansas... (and other places.)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17940166741430047650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156784773805145102006-08-28T17:06:00.000+00:002006-08-28T17:06:00.000+00:00Is this a real book?Is this a real book?Roldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209420968749830727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156673523487617412006-08-27T10:12:00.000+00:002006-08-27T10:12:00.000+00:00It's not the football. It's that I don't want to ...It's not the football. It's that I don't want to know what it means to be male. Not if it's dick-led monkeys. I've barely recovered from High Fidelity as it is.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17940166741430047650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156606934224967382006-08-26T15:42:00.000+00:002006-08-26T15:42:00.000+00:00Doubt we'll get Marie to read The Damned Utd thoug...Doubt we'll get Marie to read The Damned Utd though...CPMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103255778752221712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-1156606777615084612006-08-26T15:39:00.000+00:002006-08-26T15:39:00.000+00:00David Peace is indeed among my top three UK writer...David Peace is indeed among my top three UK writers working at the minute...<BR/><BR/>As you say, way too raw and exciting for the Booker crowd.CPMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103255778752221712noreply@blogger.com