tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post6254048335436144747..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Walking across the sky: Colum McCann's Let the Great World SpinJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-42096535052481586642010-10-04T19:12:27.485+05:302010-10-04T19:12:27.485+05:30Jai, did you see Man on Wire? I can't praise t...Jai, did you see Man on Wire? I can't praise that movie enough. Petit himself comes across as such an interesting person- part showman, part conman, part self absorbed idiot. There is probably a book to be written about just him and his motivations. Thanks for the wonderful review. Will order this book soon!Gaurinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-40927271554134744612010-10-04T17:27:10.402+05:302010-10-04T17:27:10.402+05:30Yeah, sorry, was wildly paraphrasing.Yeah, sorry, was wildly paraphrasing.Shrabontinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-12736383971282415522010-10-04T16:08:10.907+05:302010-10-04T16:08:10.907+05:30Shrabonti: The Brooklyn Follies doesn't end wi...Shrabonti: <i>The Brooklyn Follies</i> doesn't end with such a dramatic sentence - just a brief epilogue set on the day of the attacks - but I get your point. There are all sorts of 9/11 books now.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-72094815610694446372010-10-04T15:21:10.693+05:302010-10-04T15:21:10.693+05:30Someone should compile a list of books that, while...Someone should compile a list of books that, while not being specifically about 9/11, include it in the narrative as something that disrupts the lives of characters or as an impending event that the reader is aware of, but the characters are not. I remember thinking this when I finished Paul Auster's The Brooklyn Follies; the last line goes something like <br />'It was the morning of September 11, 2001'.Shrabontihttp://twitter.com/shrabontinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-75676050068148592512010-10-04T08:06:27.540+05:302010-10-04T08:06:27.540+05:30Note to earlier (deleted) Anonymous commenter and ...Note to earlier (deleted) Anonymous commenter and anyone else who might want to comment on the template: do it on the right post. Also, try to make your comments a little more elaborate and constructive than "Dude, this sucks".Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-81830175532444008822010-10-03T08:42:41.599+05:302010-10-03T08:42:41.599+05:30Thanks, Avik. Though I imagine Hillary's reaso...Thanks, Avik. Though I imagine Hillary's reason would have been something very similar!Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-63627073209568751452010-10-02T23:14:21.560+05:302010-10-02T23:14:21.560+05:30Just nitpicking... The comment about Mt. Everest&#...Just nitpicking... The comment about Mt. Everest's existence and that itself as the reason enough to climb it, was made by George Mallory, not Sir Hillary.avikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02805604777976238313noreply@blogger.com