John Purcell

@Bookeboy

Author of The Girl on the Page pub. by 4th Estate. Reformed book snob. Lapsed bookseller. Used to know people. Husband of the super talented

Postling, England
johnpurcellauthor.com
Registrerte seg februar 2010
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  1. Festet tweet
    11. jan. 2020

    I don't know how to do this. Having admitted this, I will proceed.

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  2. for 2 timer siden

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  3. for 12 timer siden

    What I had to face, the very bitter lesson that everyone who wants to write has got to learn, was that a thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript one hopes to publish. Thomas Wolfe

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  4. Retweetet
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    Book review: The Magician, by Colm Tóibín | The Scotsman

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    Angre
  5. for 18 timer siden

    Boris' new tax will generate £12 billion a year. When we add in the £18 billion a year Brexit saved (It was on a bus, it must be true)... ...That's £30b extra for the NHS a year. The NHS will have three nurses for each patient and gold plated bed pans by Christmas.

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  6. 7. sep.

    When asked whether Sally Rooney's new book was big...

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    It's very big. And the illustrations are exquisite. Author and publisher pictured for scale.
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  7. 7. sep.

    I remember thinking, holy shit, this is the real deal.

    Only just started but am loving Normal People by Sally Rooney. What a writer!
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    Angre
  8. 7. sep.

    Does anyone outside the book industry know a big book has landed today?

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  9. 6. sep.

    I watched him live: my opinion of him was constantly changing, a thing which rarely happens except for those persons to whom we are closely attached; we are satisfied to judge others more in general, and once and for all. Marguerite Yourcenar - Memoirs of Hadrian

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    Angre
  10. 5. sep.

    Can't say I miss mozzies, but I certainly miss visits from these guys

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    Angre
  11. 5. sep.

    Have you ever stumbled across book twitter's evil twin - a book community who consider Rich Dad Poor Dad a literary classic? It's real. It's grim. They're out there.

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    Angre
  12. 4. sep.

    Latest numbers.

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  13. 4. sep.

    Life in the UK after Covid is splendid. Splendid. Couldn't be more so. It's almost like the pandemic never happened... and hundreds of people aren't still dying each week. But it did and they are.

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  14. 4. sep.

    Will time ever cleanse the phrase 'master of my domain'?

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    Angre
  15. 4. sep.

    The bit on the back

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  16. 4. sep.

    7½ by Christos Tsiolkas! Art is not only about rage & justice and politics. It is also about pleasure & joy; it is also about beauty... In a time of rage & confusion, I wanted to write about beauty - Christos Tsiolkas Avail UK 3/2/22 Thanks &

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  17. Retweetet
    4. sep.

    twitter is good because previously you had to read long books to prove you were clever and now you only need to like and retweet my tweets

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  18. 4. sep.

    Thanks. It's a magpie.

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  19. 4. sep.

    UK bird nerds - help out an Australian. What bird makes this annoying call? (Not the annoying dove. But you can also tell me the final bird if you must)

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  20. Retweetet
    3. sep.

    It starts with “vaccine passports”…but what next? “Driving passports” to use my own car? “Library passports” to borrow a book? “TRAVEL PASSPORTS” to leave the country???? TYRANNY NEVER SLEEPS MY FRIENDS

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  21. 3. sep.

    Dozens of my books were purchased with money which ought to have been spent upon what are called the necessaries of life. Many a time I have stood before a stall, or a bookseller's window, torn by conflict of intellectual desire and bodily need. George Gissing

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