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When does this become a discussion?

>>By tessa   (Friday, 18 Apr 2003 09:32)



brilliant question, tessa.

>>By tessa   (Friday, 18 Apr 2003 09:33)



shall we share our thoughts about jacobson?

>>By tessa   (Friday, 18 Apr 2003 09:35)



of course

>>By tessa   (Friday, 18 Apr 2003 09:35)



he is a deadly funny writer.   (Friday, 18 Apr 2003 09:36)



and obsessed with sex.

>>By tessa   (Friday, 18 Apr 2003 09:37)



my thoughts exactly

>>By tessa   (Friday, 18 Apr 2003 09:37)



HJ is funnier than a spangled drongo.
It is a great regret to me that I have only just started to read his books.

>>By Dugald McDonald   (Monday, 12 May 2003 10:11)



Just finished reading "In The Land Of Oz", a travelogue
of Australia, as near as I could tell. I shouldn't base my opinion on just one book, but , contrary to popular opinion, I don't see why all the approbation for this author. Decidedly un-funny. I got maybe two chuckles out of the entire work.
I'll have to read something else of his, I reckon, and hope my opinion of him as a writer improves.That I did not find him to be
funny was not due to my "being an American and having no sense of humor" as he alleges, but rather , I think, to the simple fact that his own sense of humor seems rather cowardly and stunted. Just my opinion, and in fairness I shall read something else of his. Any recommendations?

>>By jed   (Friday, 12 Mar 2004 15:09)



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