Sunday, January 4, 2009

Short stories and short notes 2

Dan Fante: Corksucker. Very memorable. The characters are stunningly alive.

Zadie Smith (ed): The Book of Other People. Some of these short stories may become real classics.

To celebrate the new year: guess where this dialogue comes from:

"You don´t think I´m a good-hearted person, do you?"
And Denny says, "Hell no, dude."
..I say "You don´t think I´m really a secretly sensitive and Christlike manifestation of perfect love?"
"No way, dude," Denny says. "You´re an asshole."
And I say "Thanks. Just checking."