tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post6712114541859788111..comments2023-10-15T03:13:03.093-05:00Comments on Stay-At-Home Indie Pop: Books of the Year, Part 2 - Non-fictionIan Plenderleithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-80104651359169531212010-12-20T11:02:03.755-05:002010-12-20T11:02:03.755-05:00"It's very long", uttered in a sligh..."It's very long", uttered in a slightly querulous tone, was a regular critical offering among some of the less devoted literature undergraduates of my ken when asked for their thoughts on a particular work by the course tutor. Which was another way of saying, "You don't expect a busy arts student like me to get through 600 pages in the 14 free study hours I have every day, Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-45880708725300403552010-12-18T20:08:59.613-05:002010-12-18T20:08:59.613-05:00You've been toming away like some London ponce...You've been toming away like some London ponce there, Pop. I'll certainly get Tim's book, if only to "bandy" it about and tell my few friends that I know a character in it.<br /><br />Best book review I ever read was written on the book itself. At college a lecturer said "read these" and gave me and some other idiots a long list of books.<br /><br />I went to the No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.com