Thursday, August 03, 2006

My heart belongs to...

Thinking about past literary crushes.

In no special order:
Andrew McGahan. Wrote his first novel working as a Centrelink mail sorter. Love this even more now that the dole Fortnightly Commonwealth Arts Stipend has fallen out of fashion a bit.
John Birmingham. Adored him ever since he wrote for Semper. Crazy ex-housemate claimed to have lived with people in West End who'd shared with Birmingham and had hated him for selling out. That sealed the deal.
Do detectives count? Lord Peter Wimsey. And Albert Campion.
Jon Ronson. Hi-larious.
PJ O'Rourke. Mean. Republican. Wrote lots about sex and drugs.
Boris Johnson. Not exactly literary. But oh, he does turn a nice phrase.

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