One Thing Leads To Another.

As has already been said, one of the occasional joys of this book club is the discovery of a new favourite author (Haruki Murakami, Scarlett Thomas & Michael Chabon for me) It’s usually an expensive find. I realise it’s a little obsessional but If I’m really impressed with an author I tend, almost immediately, to trawl through Abe books and buy up the back catalogue. This wouldn’t be quite as much of a problem if I didn’t have a fetish for first edition hard backs. ( If the spitting image sketch (?) of Bernard Levin writhing on a bed of hardbacks is playing in your minds eye right now, I’m way ahead of you) So the high-fiving of a bookclub choice is always a bittersweet moment.

What prompted the post? Well, other than a desire to keep the blog rolling a pristine signed copy of The Yiddish Policemen’s Union arrived today. Who knows maybe one day I’ll even get round to reading it!