• Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    5 months ago

    birfday sew on patches arrived, noise cancelling ear phones ordered because why get all anxious about noise when I can do something immediate about it, some art books attained, and a biography of Hemingway by Anthony Burgess, which I thought looked interesting.

    I don’t mind train noise, I do mind the noise from the bridge construction, it echoes and vibrates, I also think there’s some 60Hz electric hum.

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      Item: Burgess is actually a bloody good writer. Item: Hemingway was an arsehole. Put the two together and you have a challenging read … if you are at all politically correct. Watch out for Burgess’ masterly command of the artform of sarcasm. It’s illuminating.

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        5 months ago

        I love Burgess as a writer ( and one of the few I quote on the regular ) and yes, Hemingway was an arsehole. That’s why I bought it. 😊