December 2011
14 posts
RIP Russell Hoban
Russell Hoban has died
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/books/russell-hoban-frances-author-dies-at-86.html
He wrote Riddley Walker, a novel set deep in the post-apocalyptic the future, written in a “worn out” English, reading it is like walking on a pebble beach and sometimes finding shells. He also wrote children’s books, including Bread and Jam for Francis which you read and...
Beaver!
When I was young my paternal Grandparents would visit in the summer and while they were with us they would bring me, my siblings and sometimes some of our friend out for trips, often to Barna. On the way we’d play a game called Thatch, the first one to shout out “thatch” when a thatch cottage was in view got a point, a higher scoring game then than it would be now.
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