Peter Cowlam Why yes, the pursuit ends here, An outpost of urbanisation, Where an iron bench and rain-streaked wall Are the only topography. Here our heir designate Is no less solitary an individual Than the last – unlikely guarantor Of imperfectly understood beliefs. These we do our best to recall – A solemn paperwork Under…
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Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize?
Two Excerpts from Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize?
novel by peter cowlam Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize? consists of a Foreword and Diary entries, supposedly penned by Alistair Wye, amanuensis to celebrity English novelist Marshall Zob. What follows is Wye’s Foreword, and his diary entry of June 25th, recounting events at a private party Zob has thrown for the great and good…