tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post1802592250448088846..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-62964180281981995992008-02-19T12:33:00.000+00:002008-02-19T12:33:00.000+00:00Great post, TimI’ll be interested to see how this ...Great post, Tim<BR/><BR/>I’ll be interested to see how this compares with Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. <BR/><BR/>That point about the lack of dialogue reminds me of the new Daniel Day-Lewis film, There will be Blood. The first twenty minutes of the film is completely free of dialogue, yet you never realise this until the silence is broken by the first spoken words. As a cinematic device, it’s absolutely stunning – though I’m not sure how it would work in a book. <BR/>The Pest House is several books down on my “to read list”, so it will be interesting to see…mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-68895977181322179262008-02-18T08:12:00.000+00:002008-02-18T08:12:00.000+00:00I'll certainly be looking out more Crace, Alis. H...I'll certainly be looking out more Crace, Alis. He wasn't even on my radar until Will gave me this.<BR/><BR/>I'm interested to see whether this "minimal dialogue" technique is something he's used because it's appropriate to the story he's telling, or whether it's part of his usual voice.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-39631988260485871282008-02-17T22:57:00.000+00:002008-02-17T22:57:00.000+00:00Tim, thanks for this thoughtful review, I agree wi...Tim, thanks for this thoughtful review, I agree with you about Crace's creation of place - his version of first century Palestine in Quarantine was extraordinary. clearly, the Pesthouse is one to go on the 'Books to Acquire and/or read list.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-36072530954604911812008-02-17T19:53:00.000+00:002008-02-17T19:53:00.000+00:00I guarantee you'll find it interesting. Which isn'...I guarantee you'll find it interesting. Which isn't quite the same as saying you'll like it.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-69368833431623521912008-02-17T18:45:00.000+00:002008-02-17T18:45:00.000+00:00Oh, hell. Now I'll have to read it. (Though based ...Oh, hell. Now I'll have to read it. (Though based on his earlier work that shouldn't be too onerous a chore.)David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.com