The Missing Links
Borges on the task of art. * The birth of the arts. * The history of information overload. * “I love mankind… It’s people I can’t stand” (Linus Van Pelt). * Nabokov’s unpublished love letters. * Ian Fleming’s radio interview with Raymond Chandler. * Species of Spaces, a Perec-inspired exhibition. * Oulipians. * A documentary […]
Murder in a Small Town
‘I think they walked into the park and were intelligent and funny and the lads couldn’t stand it. They didn’t like that they were suddenly getting all the attention and wanted to do something about it.’ The focus drifted from the gang and that was all it took. They were different and that was all it took. The boys in Lord of the Flies chanted ‘Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!’ Is this what it comes down to – racism, fascism, genocide? Another line from King comes to mind: ‘Or is it a simple failure of imagination? One doesn’t like to think such a rudimentary failing could bring about the end, yet…’
Max Dunbar reviews Catherine Smyth‘s Weirdo, Mosher, Freak.