The Paris Review recently posted a contest. The idea was to be inspired by a funny illustration and write 300 words or less in the style of Ernest Hemingway, P. G. Wodehouse, Joan Didion, Elizabeth Bishop, or Ray Bradbury. Obviously I chose Wodehouse. I didn’t win — I didn’t even make the cut as a…
REVIEW: THE UNINVITED GUESTS by Sadie Jones
The book’s uncanniness is quickly addictive. Just when it seems to find a tack, it changes direction again. Various scenes come in and out of focus and the author manages to demonstrate contemporaneous events very well. A very enjoyably out-of-body experience.
Sigh… *want* wwnorton: Look at these beautiful new P. G. Wodehouse paperbacks from Norton. Jus
Sigh… *want* wwnorton: Look at these beautiful new P. G. Wodehouse paperbacks from Norton. Just look at them!