Jay Mcinerney: Woah, Never Expected to Write That Name…
Wednesday, August 13th by Shane
Come on, dude, you’re in public
With the rule of three in play right now (Mr. Isaac and the Mac) can we just consider a reprint of a Jay Mcinerney book close enough to some sort of death? With the grubby spawn of John Edwards story tenuously gripping to page two, Mcinerney’s The Story of My Life, a book based on the crazy-assed crazy that Edwards threw down with, will now be back in book stores to remind everyone why the 80’s was the worst decade ever, minus the Back to the Future trilogy and Falco. So if you weren’t already pissed at Edwards, now you have no choice.
One of the oldest debut novelists ever is using the funds from her book to house other oldies. The catch? The book is really filthy, I guess. Or maybe it’s just filthy for a 93-year old woman to write. Millard Kaufman’s Bowl of Cherries was pretty filthy, though, and he was 90. Man, old people are filthy.
Ha ha, Gawker is right there with me about the mythical sales of the Kindle. Aside from one verifiable sighting, a hugely popular blog in the world’s busiest city is as skeptical as I am. You know why? Because we have faith in the human spirit or something like that.
(Update: Someone very high up in the Enotes empire owns a Kindle, but I have yet to see it because supposedly it only gets used in the bathroom. Make your own joke.)
Ed is still selling pencils. Buy one.
This is one of those NY Times things that I can’t link to, so I have to guide your eyes. Go here and it’s on the top right and it’s a bunch of little heads with the title Cover Stories. It talks about a few things. One, most authors don’t get a say about their cover art which totally awful and unfair and a bad model. Two, Chuck Palahniuk is, not surprisingly, a complete weirdo. Three, Milton Glaser, who created the iconic I (Heart) New York, also created this utter piece of garbage. Seriously, again, how did that thing get greenlit?
From Enter The Octopus, McSweeney’s mixes Carver with beef. And speaking of, has anyone ever seen this commercial before? Just asking.
And finally… oh crap, I seriously thought I had one more story, but I already used all of them. Uh, how about some crappy poem from Slate? And Matthew and I are going to be co-reviewing Atmospheric Disturbances. Oh, and Der Kommissar is in town.
August 13th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
I can’t believe that picture. What a maroon. Are there really people that still take him seriously? I’m sad to report I enjoyed both “BL, BC” and “Brightness Falls,” though I suspected I was on the bullet train to horrible taste when I finished BF. Looking back at it, I see there could be no more obvious shot at channeling FS Fitz. So I’m off to Bookmooch it away. Not that anyone will want it - right?
Was “Bowl of Cherries” really filthy? I got a review copy of the audiobook today. Should I listen to it with the kids around?
August 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
It’s actually not that filthy. But it is pretty up there when it comes to vocabulary. Best to have a dictionary when you listen to it.