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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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  • The Poison that Fascinates

    Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 06:33 in Mexico, book review, jeanette winterson, jennifer clement

    Woman, divine woman, you have the poison that fascinates in your eyes, woman you have the perfume of an orange tree in bloom. - Agustin Lara   There are no real coincidences in a fable. Everything happens for a re...

  • The Cusp of Something

    Posted on Thursday December 27th, 2007 at 04:39 in criticism, jeanette winterson, jai clare, the cusp of something

    I don't read much contemporary literature, there are too many books that have stood the test of time that I haven't read and I frankly prefer my authors dead or dying, but every now and then one or two get through. Last year there were two, Ian McEwa...

  • X-Factor for authors anyone?

    Posted on Monday November 12th, 2007 at 04:22 in personality, jeanette winterson

    The Times, the UK's newspaper of record (at least that's what Wikipedia calls it), published an article on Friday, Jeanette Winterson on the cult of personality, to which I responded. I have a lot of time for Winterson. I don't always get her writing...