Unsourced, but who cares: [Iain Sinclair] was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009.[4] Sinclair commented: “I have always admired the RSPCA. They do a lot of good work.” Has a Spanish author ever turned down an invite to one of our innumerable kleptocratfests?
Through the hunting ground of this fortnight’s rapist, past the well-attended shrine to yesterday’s drowning victim (would you get into a weed-ridden canal to help someone clearly not in his right mind?), and past the nearby park as one drunk pummelled another into unconsciousness (Mr Blobby policemen pretending to run): all of this carrying a…
Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow-Petushki / Moscow to the End of the Line / Moscow Stations / Moscow Circles, translated by H. William Tjalsma: I’ve noticed that, in general, if a person feels nasty in the morning but is full of plans and dreams and vigor in the evening, he’s a very bad person. Mornings, rotten; evenings,…