tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post328396558978861335..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Tepper Isn't Going OutStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60309700972975236772011-05-04T10:12:15.940+01:002011-05-04T10:12:15.940+01:00EllenB - I had never heard of him, before I saw hi...<b>EllenB</b> - I had never heard of him, before I saw him mentioned on Thomas' blog, and was a bit dumbstruck by how many titles appeared in the 'also by this author' bit in the book - so I'm pleased to have your help in narrowing it down! Thanks so much :)<br /><br /><b>Annabel</b> - I knew you would, our tastes cross over when it comes to offbeat, quirky little novels like this! I definitely agree that it doesn't have the darkness of Mills.<br /><br /><b>Nancy</b> - that immediately went in my Amazon basket, and is on its way to me - thanks for the recommendation!<br /><br /><b>wereadtoknow</b> - Haha! I love your enthusiasm! I hope you manage to track it down... let me know your response to it! <br /><br /><b>Thomas</b> - tchuh, nonsense, sir! But thank you anyway :) And thanks SO much for giving it to me - the perfect choice.<br /><br /><b>Mel</b> - ooo, I don't remember the end, I must go back and check... And thanks for the info, I am a fact fan in this area! Do you think that's why you got stuff from Aylesbury Theatre?<br /><br /><b>Susan</b> - Afraid so!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7010705171601133642011-05-03T23:28:40.686+01:002011-05-03T23:28:40.686+01:00Sounds like a winner to add to my ever-growing lis...Sounds like a winner to add to my ever-growing list.Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71328365316749380872011-05-03T22:20:44.566+01:002011-05-03T22:20:44.566+01:00I loved this too... also do you remember at the en...I loved this too... also do you remember at the end, you are not quite sure whose theory to believe? You are almost made to think that he *must* be making some sort of statement... such is media hysteria, I guess. This is such a well-written, original book. I've never been to New York, but I could tell it was a very sort of New Yorkian book - you've got to obsessively love a city to get excited about its parking regulations.<br /><br />(Oh yeah, and companies certainly do still buy 'data' lists off each other, fact fans - that's how you get sent weird brochures for things you've never bought before from people you didn't know had your address... At work we're always being offered data. But we are not that evil. I doubt any of that analysis is done by hand like Tepper's company any more though, which is why they were going under!)Melhttp://melisageek.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-3769444050654342092011-05-03T19:30:53.161+01:002011-05-03T19:30:53.161+01:00I am glad I read this book before I started "...I am glad I read this book before I started "reviewing" books on my blog. Comparing whatever I would have written with your review would have been embarassing for me. Reading your review makes me want to read it again. Plus, I am relieved that I didn't steer you wrong.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-4625493713101549572011-05-03T18:26:13.713+01:002011-05-03T18:26:13.713+01:00This book sounds like a fabulous little gem! It...This book sounds like a fabulous little gem! It's not all too often you'll find a book as cute, light, funny, and ultimately original as you've made this one sound. Look, you've already got me raving and I haven't even read it yet! I'm off to go track down a copy ASAP!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-82894895334538675762011-05-03T16:51:59.470+01:002011-05-03T16:51:59.470+01:00One of my favorite Trillin books is "Deadline...One of my favorite Trillin books is "Deadline Poet" - just what it says. Some of the political ones are dated of course, but it's still a fun read about having to produce a poem regularly and on time for publication.nancy b thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689071270691516915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-50219968245087461982011-05-03T11:44:16.555+01:002011-05-03T11:44:16.555+01:00I loved this book too. So quirky, this novel about...I loved this book too. So quirky, this novel about a gentle man and his brushes with bureaucracy when all he wants to do is park and read his paper. Brilliant, but all about comic frustration rather than dark underbellies like Magnus Mills.Annabelhttp://gaskella.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-3615236092284354482011-05-03T04:19:36.421+01:002011-05-03T04:19:36.421+01:00Simon, you must get copies of Trillin's books ...Simon, you must get copies of Trillin's books on food. Alice, Lets Eat is probably the best. There is a trilogy I believe and they revolve around Trillin and his wife Alice always looking for and often finding a good place to eat. He is a great humorist and has written for the New Yorker for years and does serious stuff as well as the comic. He wrote the most wonderful memoir about Alice after her untimely death several years ago. He is a kind of icon here in NYC and Tepper is a very NY book. I will check my shelves for his books to send you, but I am not really sure if I still have them.EllenBnoreply@blogger.com