tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post1140624191321278497..comments2023-11-15T04:03:13.741+00:00Comments on Crime Scene NI: NI Writers - Could youse slow down with the greatness for a wee bit?Gerard Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18301381067485712366noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-26001624985094221852008-11-15T11:35:00.000+00:002008-11-15T11:35:00.000+00:00Seagulls... Man, your thought process is a little ...Seagulls... Man, your thought process is a little scary at times, but I can't disagree with your prejudice against seagulls. Those buggers and pigeons really piss me off. Seagulls, because they actually are aggressive, nasty bastards. Pigeons because they strut about Royal Avenue like they own the place. Pretty cocky for a bunch of winged rats.<BR/><BR/>I can't personally comment on the Banville/Black topic, though. Haven't read 'em. Floor's open though.<BR/><BR/>gbGerard Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301381067485712366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160907056447793603.post-68891455883967629422008-11-15T10:18:00.000+00:002008-11-15T10:18:00.000+00:00Nice line from Tony about Banville: "However, the ...Nice line from Tony about Banville: <BR/><BR/>"However, the flimsy plot is a subservient vehicle whose sole purpose is to provide a washing line on which Banville can hang out his meticulously laundered prose." <BR/><BR/>Nice. But accurate? I think not. You dont put laundered anything on the washing line, do ya? I mean think about it, its all pressed and dried and in that weird plastic and you take it out and put on the washing line where the seagulls are going to crap all over it. Why? Cos thats what seagulls do mate. Deeply malevolent creatures with a hatred for humans, that's seagulls for you. Do you know that once I was walking down a street in Denver and I got shat on by a seagull. Denver, Colorado, a THOUSAND MILES from the nearest bit of ocean. I mean, come on....God I wish those the old rumors about the Chinese restaurants were true, seagulls need a bit of payback, they've had it their own way for far too long. Ever read that propaganda novel Jonathan Livingstone Seagull? No didnt ring true to me either...<BR/><BR/>Anyway back to Banville, I think you could apply that line that to much of his fiction. Like a Perec novel that's missing a letter so many of Banville's books seem to be missing one of the fundamentals of narrative fiction - a story.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.com