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     Hugo Member Username: Hugo Post Number: 18 Registered: 06-2005 |
I'm reading a novel at the moment, "The Amnesiac" by Sam Taylor. So far it's a Paul Auster-ish affair, a sort of metaphysical detective story. On page 11 there's this: "He went back to bed and dozed in the darkness, listening to the Go-Betweens. It wasn't the first time he'd heard the album. He'd owned it on vinyl when he was younger, but somewhere along the way he had lost his copy. It probably belonged to an ex-girlfriend now, he thought, or had been sold for a few pounds to a second-hand store. It reminded him of the room he'd had during his first year of university, in a big house on Lough Street. There had been subsidence in the area, so the floor of his room sloped down towards the street. In James's memories it was always grey and raining outside and he was lying on a narrow bed, hungover, drinking tea, listening to 'Love Is A Sign' and feeling happy-sad." There's more in that vein, including a mystery about a missing song from the album. I have the feeling that 16 Lovers Lane is going to play some pivotal part in the plot... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1293 Registered: 05-2005 |
The missing song would be Rock 'n' Roll Friend presumablyv Hugo? | ||
| Hugo Member Username: Hugo Post Number: 19 Registered: 06-2005 |
Apparently not! All the protagonist can remember of this mysterious missing song is the lyric fragment "part of my heart/will always beat"... I'll keep you posted! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1060 Registered: 03-2005 |
Gotta be a Grant song. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 32 Registered: 01-2007 |
Sounds like my kind of book! |