Browsing through the latest and greatest at NN, I noticed this new event posted by Matt
Clarke’s Cabinets of Cures: Blood, Mermaids and Madness
Am I the only one who thinks it sounds like Maxine’s critique of Henry’s LabLit novel?
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I don’t be,ieve Maxine has read my novel. So you’re on your own…
I have to admit I was a bit worried when it popped up in my ‘snapshot’ (as a result of being a ‘friend’ or ‘contact’ of M@, I pretend to have no special knowledge of mermaids, blood or madness).
As yet, I haven’t pronounced on this novel, I am still working my way through the 300 or so on my shelves. I am on holiday today (day 3 of 3, back in office tomorrow), and have spent a blissful and unprecedented two hours this afternoon reading solidly. The book, however, is a Scandinavian gloom (my favourite genre) by Asa Larsson. The title is The Black Path. Yes, when you pick up a Scandinavian (in this case, Swedish) book with a title like The Black Path you know you are in for a real treat (if you are anything like me, which is I have to admit, extremely unlikely).
Back to work tomorrow so I hope I get the chance to finish it.
Note, my comment “crossed” with Prof Sir H Gee’s.
BTW I was able to read today because one daughter was writing an essay on Curly’s character in Of Mice and Men, and the other was penning a tome on Stalin’s collectivization and whether it was a political and/or economic success. I guess I did not draw the short straw on this occasion. (Malcolm was at work listening to John Bell on translational research among other things.)
You quite happy talking to yourself, Sheila?
Prof Sir H. Gee? No, you’re confusing me with Prof Lord Sir Robert Winston. Easily done, I know.
You know what, I might just head over to the Wellcome and write up something about Clarke’s Cabinet of Cures. Sounds intriguing.
I pretend to have no special knowledge of mermaids, blood or madness
You’d know a lot more were you to read my book …
Henry, it sounds like it might not be dark enough for Maxine. You’ll have to re-write it to add a couple of attempted suicides, and give Fitch a secret addiction to sniffing glue.
Matt – you might have to arrange a works outing.
Henry, it sounds like it might not be dark enough for Maxine.
There’s plenty of filthy weather, though. Not to mention gloom. And lots of blood. I suppose I could take out some of the jokes, though.
Matt – you might have to arrange a works outing.
Already in hand. Come to Cromer and see the locations that inspired By The Sea.
Oh. Is By the Sea required reading for all delegates at the Bracing Cromer meeting?
It would help you understand some of the strange behaviour of the locals.
Is By the Sea required reading for all delegates at the Bracing Cromer meeting?
No, but I can’t resist any opportunity for
selfpromotion.You know what, I might just head over to the Wellcome and write up something about Clarke’s Cabinet of Cures
Please do, Matt. The exhibit will be gone by the time I make it to the UK (for the Bracing Cromer meeting, for which I am prepared at least re: By the Sea).
Sorry, being of a certain age, with the title of this post I couldn’t resist this:
Maxine sings better than that. I’m sure of it.
Thanks for that reminder, Brian. I’m going to have words with my sub-conscious now.
Oh come on. Henry’s not a Toyah fan? There can’t be many pop singers whose lyrics have included words like Necronomicon. And yes, there’s a video for that too:
… if you can’t stand the excitement of waiting for it (or even worse, the 80s dancing), you will find it occuring first around 3 minutes and 3 seconds.