tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post4608758323048187085..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Professionally speaking...StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-87790325170789687952010-04-24T23:56:41.157+01:002010-04-24T23:56:41.157+01:00That's hard to beat!
The one that popped to mi...That's hard to beat!<br />The one that popped to mind is a hair-collector (he collects and sells hair for a living) in A Fine Balance which I just read recently. It's not the main focus of the book, but it fills up a good part of it.meehttp://www.meexia.com/bookienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-20776439722758886762010-04-23T18:14:34.635+01:002010-04-23T18:14:34.635+01:00There's a "professional nose" in Pat...There's a "professional nose" in Patrick Suskind's _Perfume_.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35629069610944042372010-04-22T19:32:22.845+01:002010-04-22T19:32:22.845+01:00I suspect you wanted "real" people and &...I suspect you wanted "real" people and "real" professions. If, however, you are feeling generous, and unashamedly appealing to your stint as a Librarian, I will submit the Sub-Dean of Mistsifting, <i>Seftus Leprix</i> from <em>The Curse of the Gloamglozer</em>. Are you a "Librarian Knight"?Dark Pussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-33486211479889108132010-04-21T23:07:11.683+01:002010-04-21T23:07:11.683+01:00What about Kevin, the Nazi memorabilia collector, ...What about Kevin, the Nazi memorabilia collector, in Boxer, Beetle? Not quite his profession but with his condition he was hardly made for a job in an office.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-76873561659384233772010-04-21T16:25:05.989+01:002010-04-21T16:25:05.989+01:00Wasn't it in 'Our Mutual Friend' where...Wasn't it in 'Our Mutual Friend' where a father and daughter trolled the Thames looking for suicides, then picked their pockets?<br /><br />That's the best I can come up with off-hand!Bluestalkinghttp://bluestalking.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-1929794243309474022010-04-21T12:33:21.216+01:002010-04-21T12:33:21.216+01:00Oh! Darn it, the title escapes me but what about ...Oh! Darn it, the title escapes me but what about nasty fellows who dig up bodies and sell them for dissection? Not exactly a legal profession but they do collect a fee!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-55817015679653528762010-04-21T11:28:51.330+01:002010-04-21T11:28:51.330+01:00Not sure I can beat yours, but I recently read The...Not sure I can beat yours, but I recently read The Great Perhaps where one of the characters does research on the violence of pigeons!Jackie (Farm Lane Books)http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-43690943123037028852010-04-21T11:26:56.563+01:002010-04-21T11:26:56.563+01:00I think that 'a corpse beauty technician' ...I think that 'a corpse beauty technician' might be the weirdest and that was in The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh. I am trying to think of more so may very well pop back now and again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-11105064831731619532010-04-21T09:52:44.513+01:002010-04-21T09:52:44.513+01:00Wow, great topic! I don't think I can think of...Wow, great topic! I don't think I can think of one off the top of my head either. Nothing quite so interesting as a human statue!! Although the book I'm reading at the moment (Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel) prominently features a taxidermist!Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106569383402671571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-45577311302410927562010-04-21T08:18:58.676+01:002010-04-21T08:18:58.676+01:00This is actually really difficult, isn't it? F...This is actually really difficult, isn't it? For a while it seemed like every single novel I picked up had a teacher/lecturer/journalist or writer as a protoganist. Boring!tea ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02677205938522236209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-8135875794707335982010-04-21T08:08:48.277+01:002010-04-21T08:08:48.277+01:00In Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore, one o...In Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore, one of the main characters, Nakata, is a cat-finder. It's not exactly the focus of the novel, though.Deenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66194324838014756412010-04-21T04:59:01.479+01:002010-04-21T04:59:01.479+01:00Hi. I just spent a couple of the happiest hours of...Hi. I just spent a couple of the happiest hours of my life going through your top 50 list. These are the kind of books I've been looking for and it is pure joy to find so many titles in one place . My list of "books I want to read" now has 231 authors on it. I'll never get them all read in this lifetime, but I'll die trying. And happy. Thank-You!Ordinary Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813001887162908486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78872467012218171542010-04-21T02:03:30.490+01:002010-04-21T02:03:30.490+01:00I don't think I could possibly top that one! :...I don't think I could possibly top that one! :)Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.com