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"P.S.Burton" wrote in message
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> ROBBIE wrote:
>> "P.S.Burton" wrote in message
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>> > ROBBIE wrote:
>> >> "P.S.Burton" wrote in message
>> >> news:1161250379.910828.152030@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > Experience is a *staggeringly* good book. Probably my favourite
>> >> > autobiography of all time. It's an absolute corker
>> >>
>> >> This statement reminds me of a anecdote in a biography I read of the
>> >> great
>> >> Dean Martin (who let's face it gave far more pleasure to far more
>> >> people
>> >> than little Mart ever has or will - mind you, you could say that about
>> >> Hitler probably): a soldier approached Dino one evening as the great
>> >> man
>> >> ate
>> >> in a restaurant in New York in the 50s. He began to gush: '...Mr
>> >> Martin,
>> >> your music is so great, it means so much to me, Mr Martin, it's so
>> >> wonderful. I have so much respect for you, Mr Martin, you know this is
>> >> how
>> >> much I respect I have for you, Mr Martin,' at which point he bend down
>> >> and
>> >> gave Dino a little kiss on the cheek. Dino murmured: 'keep a little
>> >> for
>> >> yourself, pally.'
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> . The bit where he's
>> >> > talking about a crocodile he saw at the zoo with his sons that had
>> >> > been
>> >> > injured and he says something like "it's entire upper mandible
>> >> > (approximately a third of its head) was missing, no doubt wrenched
>> >> > off
>> >> > in some unspeakable croc rumble"
>> >> >
>> >> > "unspeakable croc rumble" = genius.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Don't. Be. Silly.
>> >
>> > It's very funny, and very moving and very, very well written.
>>
>> Yes, I've read it and reread it. I was referring to you saying
>> 'unspeakable
>> croc rumble' was genius. It clearly isn't even inspired.
>
> Oh it is. Have you ever written a sentence that comes close to being as
> funny?
It's not my job to judge.
Just to remind you not to widen the argument: we were talking about whether
it was genius or not. We were not talking about whether it was funny.
You've never intentionally made me laugh - and I'm not saying
> that as a dig
As you would say, that's first rate.
, you just seem to have very strong opinions about humour
> but find getting your own across a bit of a struggle.
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Apart
>> > from Goodbye to All That, I can't think of another autobiography and
>> > very few books that I've enjoyed as much. A smug middle aged luvvie of
>> > my acquaintance told me that it was very good of its kind but that John
>> > Osborne did the same thing, only better. I duly bought both volumes.
>> > WHAT. UTTER. CRAP. It was alright,
>>
>> I thought you said it was crap.
>
> I was referring to the opinion of the woman who reccommended it to me.
>
>>
>> but not even close in terms of
>> > quality.
>>
>> Both books are far more interesting than Martin Amis's life of immense
>> privilege. I would have thought an Orwell fan would have been interested
>> in
>> the rise of a genuine working class talent against the background of the
>> mid-twentieth century.
>
> Like I said, I thought they were alright, but not a patch on
> experience. I was less interested in him, and less interested in what
> he hsd to say
What interests you about Amis jnr?
ROBBIE
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