http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/22/the-widmerpool-award/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/22/the-widmerpool-award/comment-page-1/#comment-43752 will Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:59:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2234#comment-43752 The decision was made beforehand, for reasons of human physical capacity, not because we didn't like or anticipated not liking the series. I suppose we could work through the other novels, but we have 40 odd more books on the list to read. The decision was made beforehand, for reasons of human physical capacity, not because we didn’t like or anticipated not liking the series. I suppose we could work through the other novels, but we have 40 odd more books on the list to read.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/22/the-widmerpool-award/comment-page-1/#comment-43751 dave heasman Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:05:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2234#comment-43751 "we had an all-night reading of A Question of Upbringing last Friday. It was decided we wouldn’t attempt the whole series." Depends where you live, up to a point. A sympathetic portrait of Eton in the early 20s may not ring many bells in Nebraska or Chittagong. I started, accidentally, with "A Buyer's Market", which is a bit more "universal". How Pollard/Widmerpool-like to fail to appreciate the applicability. I wouldn't wish his nemesis on anybody, mind, nor Stringham's come to think of it. “we had an all-night reading of A Question of Upbringing last Friday. It was decided we wouldn’t attempt the whole series.” Depends where you live, up to a point. A sympathetic portrait of Eton in the early 20s may not ring many bells in Nebraska or Chittagong. I started, accidentally, with “A Buyer’s Market”, which is a bit more “universal”. How Pollard/Widmerpool-like to fail to appreciate the applicability. I wouldn’t wish his nemesis on anybody, mind, nor Stringham’s come to think of it.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/22/the-widmerpool-award/comment-page-1/#comment-43750 will Thu, 23 Sep 2004 03:20:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2234#comment-43750 Working our way down the Modern Library's list of the top fifty 20th century novels, we had an all-night reading of _A Question of Upbringing_ last Friday. It was decided we wouldn't attempt the whole series. Working our way down the Modern Library’s list of the top fifty 20th century novels, we had an all-night reading of A Question of Upbringing last Friday. It was decided we wouldn’t attempt the whole series.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/22/the-widmerpool-award/comment-page-1/#comment-43749 John Quiggin Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:30:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2234#comment-43749 I think I have first claim on the JG Quiggin award. I think I have first claim on the JG Quiggin award.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/22/the-widmerpool-award/comment-page-1/#comment-43748 John Kozak Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:18:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2234#comment-43748 Who got the Pamela Flitton award? Who got the Pamela Flitton award?

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