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Scottish author Jim Murdoch discusses writing, his own and other authors, and muses at length about his fascination with the perversity of language. Veering from the nostalgic to the acerbic his blog will amuse anyone with a love of language.

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  • Doctor Brodie's Report

    Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 21:43 in book review, borges

    In his short essay on Borges (pronounced Bor'hes in case you're in any doubt), Gabriel Josipvici opens with this sentence: The name of Borges, among readers of modern literature, has always been synonymous with labyrinths, babelic libraries, g...

  • Big brothers and blind poets

    Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 03:04 in borges, big brother, scottish writing

    Seeing has always, to perhaps an extreme extent, been my sense of choice… I couldn't ever see or read enough. – Candia McWilliamBig Brother is back. Yay. I wonder what the ratio is these days between those who associate 'Big Brother' with the rea...