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Hard to believe this masterpiece came out 15 years ago. Recorded in Los Feliz. One of Vic’s most underappreciated records. Also, “Christian charity is a doily over my death boner” from “Vesuvius” is one of the best lines ever.

Jean Rhys is one of my favorite writers. Somehow had no idea about this 1981 adaptation of her great novel QUARTET until now. Isabelle Adjani! Maggie Smith (looking Tilda Swinton-ish)! A Merchant Ivory production! Lacks the melancholy pull of Rhys’s writing and winds up duller than what’s on the page (despite all the right ingredients), yet it’s also enchanting in its own subtle and unique ways. Adjani is perfect. The Cohen Media restoration is gorgeous. Currently on Kanopy (though I recommend reading the book—or any of Rhys’s novels—first).

Recent acquisitions.

Got hard copies of the Czech edition of A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF & they’re pretty goddamn amazing.

The third part of EVERYTHING IS BROKEN is in the new Southwest Review. Parts one and two are in the previous two issues. The last part will be in the next issue. Picking these up is your only shot to read this book in English, and you’ll be supporting a great literary journal. Link in bio.

Finally got around to seeing Julian Schnabel’s AT ETERNITY’S GATE. Man, what a beautiful film. Defoe is such a different and more tender van Gogh than Roth, Douglas, and Scorsese—what a performance. I really love this Tony Stella poster.

Pal & hero @aceatkins got me this original Audie poster and I’m just now, post-L.A., getting a chance to really take it in. So damn great. Thanks, Ace!

GRAVESEND reviewed by Luca D’Andrea in La Repubblica. Link in bio.

Booklist on CITY OF MARGINS.

At the Egyptian for REAR WINDOW.

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The Wrong Number

February 1, 2016William BoyleGravesend, Rivages/Noir, The Wrong Number Leave a comment

The cover for the French edition of Gravesend, out 3/30 from Rivages/Noir.

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