(noun) the scum that forms on the surface of molt…
Inside Story: A novel
by
Martin Amis
Aug. 27, 2024 - Aug. 30, 2024
(read, fiction, writing-advice)
Amis, M. (2020). Inside Story: A novel. Knopf.
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dross »
p.443
asperities »
(noun) rigor severity / (noun) roughness of surfa…
p.435
panegyric »
(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) f…
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brio »
(noun) brilliance, panache, quality of being acti…
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demotic »
(adjective) of, relating to, or written in a simp…
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All right. Nabokov’s first novel, Mary, was writt…
p.498
Borges, in his long conversation with the Paris R…
p.497
Temperament (as I’ve said) is vital. You need an …
p.471
Together with its almost sinister memorability, a…
p.394
The end of a sentence is a weighty occasion. The …
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Saul: Idlewild
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How to Write: Decorum
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Beelzebub
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The Poet: December 1985
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The Novelist: April 2005
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