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Submitted by AdministratorUser1 on 18 August, 2021 - 09:44
Rupert Loydell revisits Russell Hoban's first eight novels as reissued in spring 2021 with new Eduardo Paolozzi covers in the Penguin Modern Classics imprint; also touches on his later books.
Submitted by Richard Cooper on 8 February, 2020 - 18:23
Short article by Russell Hoban for Time Out magazine, issue date December 5-11 2007. For the magazine's "My favourite Londoner" series Hoban chooses a character in The Beckoning Fair One, a short story by Oliver Onions, which Hoban referenced in some of his later novels. Link is a tweet by Nick Campbell with images of the article.
I printed a dozen copies, leaving one on the southbound tube train that took me to Clapham Common, another on a park bench, and a couple more at a bus stop I walked past. A couple more I tucked into newspapers at cafes near my place of work, and another in a phone box - not that anyone much uses these nowadays, except for non-telephonic purposes. After work I left another on the train that took me back to Elephant and Castle - noting en route that the park bench copy was still there, although thumbed; left in situ I hope in a spirit of generosity rather than indifference.
Submitted by Richard Cooper on 21 October, 2012 - 17:34
Anthony Davis writes an eloquent personal account of visiting Russell Hoban at his home following the Russell Hoban Some-Poasyum (the 2005 convention), in which he and "Russ" spoke about whisky, My Tango with Barbara Strozzi and more. Also contains some fascinating, detailed photos of Hoban's eccentric "exobrain" workroom.
Phil Ockerman falls hard for Bertha Strunk at a tango lesson in a church crypt in Clerkenwell. Bertha also bears a strong resemblance to the 17th century Venetian singer and composer Barbara Strozzi, with whom Phil happens to be obsessed, to the point where Phil is no longer sure which is which.