the day has passed me by, i forgot to see the two films i wanted to due to walter mosley's book 'killing johnny fry' which is magnificent, it's a cross between hardcore porn and raymond chandler, a perfect book for me. what an amazing story, one i relate to and totally understand. brilliantly transgressive and well constructed.i finished it in one day. go out and read his book unless your easily offended by explicit sex.
now i have the reading bug and just in time for a guy i have raved about in earlier posts, mr. john burdett has a new book out, 'the godfather of katmandu.' a brilliant crime writer who uses asia as his backdrop. sonchai jitpleecheep is the detective and through his three previous novels i have come to share his vision of the human experience, absolutely magnificent stories and so well written it's like having a cheap educational holiday in thailand. i'm very excited to be starting this one, after reading 'killing johnny fry' i think i'm gonna go for the quality trifecta and cue paul auster's new book for the final novel i read this weekend.