Yes, I'd have to sue his estate and you can never prove these things; of course there were no witnesses; he died a few years ago. I wanted to speak out then as there was such a fuss made about his passing, but didn't. The only other thing of his I have read, or shared part of with a friend, was "Unsent Letters", which he co-wrote. Some of them were clever and funny. No, I didn't like "The History Man" either; the occasional flash of greatness in a phrase but it went nowhere really. Love, Elaine -----Original Message----- From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clare Gailans Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013 9:15 PM To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Malcolm Bradbury? How disgusting! The History Man was a horrible book anyway, though I did enjoy Rates of Exchange. You could probably sue him retrospectively for that, or is he dead? I think he might be. Clare ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Harris (Rivendell)" <elaineharris@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 10:58 PM Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Malcolm Bradbury? > Lack of sight; told me I could sit in on the seminars but not actually > do the course. > Specifically why? Absolutely no idea. Was too timorous at the time to > demand answers or be as colourfully rude as the impulses demanded! > > Elaine > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ian Macrae > Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 5:46 AM > To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Liking/disliking authors > > Why did Bradbury refuse you entry elaine? And examples please of > authors who both deliighted and disappointed. > On 13 Jun 2013, at 13:54, Elaine Harris (Rivendell) wrote: > >> Yes, Clare, I agree; I think that what we know about an author >> perhaps can and does influence us more than it should be reading, at >> heart, is after all a highly subjective experience. The much-revered >> Malcolm Bradbury refused to allow me to participate in his course on >> modern novels when I was at university and it was only some 20 years >> later that I could steel myself to read "The History Man". >> >> Having said that, I have found some authors not wholly to my taste >> but surprised myself by enjoying interviewing them, or loved a book >> or books but been sadly disappointed by the author. >> >> Take care, >> >> Elaine >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> On Behalf Of Clare Gailans >> Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2013 7:05 PM >> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Liking/disliking authors >> >> June, I think it probably has more influence on my reading than it >> should, but I would still read them if I enjoyed the writing. >> Thinking more about Elizabeth Jane Howard, I have enjoyed interviews >> with her, it just seems to be in her autobiographical writing that >> she comes across as so whingey. And of course in Kingsley Amis's >> writing about her, which I have met in his letters. I think she was >> trying particularly hard to be honest about herself, as a good writer >> sometimes does, though I think not always. Clare >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tar Barrels" <tar.barrels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:15 AM >> Subject: [ebooktalk] Liking/disliking authors >> >> >>> I try not to let it matter to me about liking or disliking the >>> author, but unfortunately sometimes my prejudices get the better of >>> me. I think we already discussed this in relation to Jeffrey Archer >>> some time ago. How do you feel about it, Clare? Does it make you >>> read a book >> more critically? >>> June >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>> On Behalf Of Clare Gailans >>> Sent: 12 June 2013 09:52 >>> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BRAGG BOOKS >>> >>> I have only tried to read the Maid of Buttermere, which I couldn't >>> get on with, though I think it was a rather dreary Calibre reader so >>> not a fair test of the book. I have always meant to return to him. >>> Yes, when I hear people in rather salubrious areas whinging about >>> aircraft noise, I want them to go and live somewhere like an >>> inner-city estate where they would really have something to complain >>> about. Elizabeth Jane Howard, in her autobiography Slipstream, says >>> that she couldn't bear her house in Camden Town because of the >>> traffic noise. She had previously lived in Flask Walk in Hampstead, >>> presumably Millionaires' Row where nothing so vulgar as a car ever >>> penetrated. I love her novels, but what a spoilt madam she seems to >>> have been in life. Clare >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3199/5903 - Release Date: >>> 06/11/13 >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > >