Gustible - under the rubric of [$_SELF]

When Goldblatt’s “Some Afrikaners Photographed” was first published, it was met with anger, with outrage and ultimately with a sales boycott. According to the back cover, “most of the small printrun had to be sold off for a song”.

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I ordered my Kindle the very day that Amazon announced the international release of the device. On the 19th, as promised, I was informed that it had been shipped, and would arrive within a few days. I had in the meantime left on a business trip, but on my return on the 25th of October, [...]

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A book review of Nick Cave’s “And the Ass saw the Angel”. Lyrical, lunatic, dark, sick/ening must read book. Can’t believe I’ve never read it before!

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I will be doing a few book reviews on this blog – but they will be entirely subjective, with no regard for literary formalisms, or for anything but my own opinion. If you want literary reviews – head over to the Guardian or New York Times.

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