Lies & Misdirection
Clevenger strikes a razor edge balance between the flashbacks and the mental evaluation, a dichotomy that allows for greater appreciation of Vincent’s ability to create a new identity and exercise complete manipulation over the legal system. This sense of dead honesty pulls at the reader’s heart while Clevenger’s meticulous knowledge in the area of forgery wins over the brain. Topping all this off is a style that is as smooth and dynamic as a vintage jazz record, the hypnotic prose and fascinating details of Vincent’s life suck you into the narrative. You learn how to forge a new identity and peek in on some of the secrets behind the walls of a mental asylum.
By Gregory Frye.
The Robinson Institute
All three of Andrew Stevens’ interviews for the Future of Landscape project are now posted: Patrick Keiller, Patrick Wright and Doreen Massey. Robinson in Ruins, the third film by Keiller in his Robinson series, was press screened at the BFI Library this week and goes on general release in November. It is also showing at […]
The Fights
He has been every bit as quiet, caring and soft-hearted as her. They are the blue-eyed couple in sandals. He only shaves when she asks him to which isn’t very often, because she likes him a bit scruffy. He has a record collection that he treasures, she has a bird collection that she obsesses over. The birds were all lined up on the shelf, porcelain, stuffed, fabric, papier mache, feathers, wood-carved. (He broke her favorite one, her first one, which was worse, much worse than just hitting her.)
By Alix MacLean.