tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post4618033652862738400..comments2023-11-05T10:11:31.578+00:00Comments on Just William's Luck: 'when almost everybody wore a hat'William Rycrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-30239908010380288172008-06-20T15:47:00.000+01:002008-06-20T15:47:00.000+01:00My apologies John, but thank you for all your comm...My apologies John, but thank you for all your comments (not to mention helpful suggestions).William Rycrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-32271467794423793362008-06-20T08:20:00.000+01:002008-06-20T08:20:00.000+01:00I think you will find the next 500 even more strik...I think you will find the next 500 even more striking. Much of his most famous work, like 'The Swimmer' and 'Reunion' is from the later stories, and often dramatic and even experimental.<BR/><BR/>I say that as someone who hasn't actually read many of them myself! I've been picking little bits here and there since I bought the US edition in New York a couple of years ago. Problem is that it's only 700 pages, which means the type is much smaller and the stories harder to read - or to want to read - as a result. They have the UK edition you've pictured in my local Waterstone's and I am seriously considering replacing my US edition with it.<BR/><BR/>I've also read his last three novels: <EM>Bullet Park, Falconer</EM> and <EM>Oh What a Paradise it Seems!</EM>. Certainly the first two are terrific. I just recently picked up the earlier <EM>Wapshot</EM> novels and look forward to getting to them soon.<BR/><BR/>PS - stop making every single blog entry on a subject that interests me! I haven't got time to make all these comments!John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.com