the devil is a gentleman
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Interested? I immediately Googled it, and sat down to devour its every word. It certainly seems to be fair enough, and there are lots of people who'd have been unaware of the book's existence without it...Steve Whatley wrote:Just in case anyone is interested, there's a review of Phil Baker's biography in the Culture supplement of today's Sunday Times.
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Well I gave up on my efforts to actually find a copy in a local bookstore and ordered via the internet on Sunday.
It was despatched Monday so hopefully I should have it any day now.
While I wasn't entirely surprised not to find a copy in my local WH Smith's and smaller bookshops I was disappointed not to find a copy on the shelves at a rather large Borders store not far from where I live.
Maybe I was expecting too much to see it on display in high street bookstores?
I also found this whilst browsing the net looking for reviews.
I don't know if there's any way to find the article online?
It was despatched Monday so hopefully I should have it any day now.
While I wasn't entirely surprised not to find a copy in my local WH Smith's and smaller bookshops I was disappointed not to find a copy on the shelves at a rather large Borders store not far from where I live.
Maybe I was expecting too much to see it on display in high street bookstores?
I also found this whilst browsing the net looking for reviews.
I don't know if there's any way to find the article online?
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Maybe some of you are already aware of this, but author Phi Rickman also has a show on BBC Radio Wales called 'Phil the Shelf'
and on the 22nd November has an interview with Phil Baker about 'The Devil is a Gentleman'
Phil Rickman has advised that this show is availavle on line for upto one week after it has been broadcast.
As an aside I E-mailed Phil Rickman to ask him if DW was one of his influences, but although he read some of DW's books as a teenager he wouldn't say he was an influence
Duncan
and on the 22nd November has an interview with Phil Baker about 'The Devil is a Gentleman'
Phil Rickman has advised that this show is availavle on line for upto one week after it has been broadcast.
As an aside I E-mailed Phil Rickman to ask him if DW was one of his influences, but although he read some of DW's books as a teenager he wouldn't say he was an influence
Duncan
Thanks! I'll be looking forward to that--I hope I can download it off the web onto my mp3 player.duncanpaul17 wrote: Maybe some of you are already aware of this, but author Phil Rickman also has a show on BBC Radio Wales called 'Phil the Shelf'
and on the 22nd November has an interview with Phil Baker about 'The Devil is a Gentleman'. Rickman has advised that this show is available on line for up to one week after it has been broadcast.
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Not a review as such but 'The Devil is a Gentleman' is included in the Independent Information magazine's 50 best winter reads.
The book appears to be getting quite a lot of publicity. Lets hope it may lead to old readers returning, like I did three years ago, or new readers taking an interest in DW's work.
The book appears to be getting quite a lot of publicity. Lets hope it may lead to old readers returning, like I did three years ago, or new readers taking an interest in DW's work.
As you'll no doubt have seen, since release, Phil's book has had a large number of reviews - mostly good.
The latest was a full page spread in the Daily Mail last Friday (Jan 8th).
They made a few typos ("Duke de Richleaux") and said the book was too long, but all in all, they devoted considerable space to the book.
Many thanks to Colin McCourt for pointing it out !
The latest was a full page spread in the Daily Mail last Friday (Jan 8th).
They made a few typos ("Duke de Richleaux") and said the book was too long, but all in all, they devoted considerable space to the book.
Many thanks to Colin McCourt for pointing it out !
Charles