http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/2009/10/bam/ Andrew Jack's Writing Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:30:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/2009/10/bam/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Andrew Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:21:45 +0000 http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/?p=289#comment-132 No I haven't, although Catch 22 is currently sitting in my pile of shame (books I should have read but I haven't yet) No I haven’t, although Catch 22 is currently sitting in my pile of shame (books I should have read but I haven’t yet)

]]> http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/2009/10/bam/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Sarah Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:07:03 +0000 http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/?p=289#comment-131 Andy, have you read Catch 22? i read it maybe a smidge over 15 years ago, so i know my recollection of it is poor, but it's a deeply frustrating book to begin with because nothing at all seems to be happening. when you come to terms with that it gets easier to read, but it remains hard to wonder what's going to happen next. the conflict is revealed slowly in that frog-in-a-kettle kind of way - you almost don't realise that something IS actually happening - and then suddenly you're at the end of the story and find yourself agreeing that it is, in fact, a famously classic novel for a reason.... Andy, have you read Catch 22? i read it maybe a smidge over 15 years ago, so i know my recollection of it is poor, but it’s a deeply frustrating book to begin with because nothing at all seems to be happening. when you come to terms with that it gets easier to read, but it remains hard to wonder what’s going to happen next. the conflict is revealed slowly in that frog-in-a-kettle kind of way – you almost don’t realise that something IS actually happening – and then suddenly you’re at the end of the story and find yourself agreeing that it is, in fact, a famously classic novel for a reason….

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