tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post2256096332645139752..comments2023-11-05T10:11:31.578+00:00Comments on Just William's Luck: the secret historyWilliam Rycrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-78395189446557620552008-10-09T11:05:00.000+01:002008-10-09T11:05:00.000+01:00Ah yes. A line Barack Obama (mis)quoted in a speec...Ah yes. A line Barack Obama (mis)quoted in a speech I believe. I've only read Light In August but will no doubt find my way back to some Faulkner again. Any recommendations?William Rycrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-9397320383873746992008-10-09T10:33:00.000+01:002008-10-09T10:33:00.000+01:00Nice review, William. That excerpt you post at th...Nice review, William. That excerpt you post at the end is excellent, isn't it? (And could be a manifesto for Patrick McGrath's fiction.) It occurs to me that William Faulkner put it even more powerfully (and definitely more succinctly):<BR/><BR/>"The past is not dead. It is not even past."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com