In homage to my current book (Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure) -- not to say current need to stop brooding over the fact that PopMatters still hasn't gotten back to me regarding their offer to sign me on -- I present a couple of my favourite quotes from Patrick McManus' lovely little offhand parody, Down and Way Out in Brazil, set during a ( Read more... )

--Alert readers might note that this is the first column to span, er, two day's writing time. If alert readers do not wish to receive a mysterious envelope containing the sinus infection I'm currently battling - post-weekend cramps - they will refrain from using the phrase 'cheating', OK? OK. :)

In my column outlining this project, I made mention of ( Read more... )