Fiction Lover Gifts

'Of course I like to base all my characters on real life. For instance the fat useless guy in my last novel was you!'

Before and after pictures of Dorian Gray in cosmetic surgery.

'And that's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, according to the Brothers Grimm.'

"There's no need to howl at every moon we pass by."

"Say hello to my little friend."

"In the flesh? I thought you were apocryphal."

Fiction/Political Biographies (partly fiction).

'I hear he's quite a recluse - doesn't even have a blog.'

'I like to spend my train journeys reading fiction.' (He looks at Rail Timetable. Sign says 'Delays expected'.)

Double glazing reps will be turned into marshmallow.

Sumo Love.

Stephen King

Alan Hollinghurst

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

I should be a writer when I grow up...

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

Meet Stephen Krkzk Author of 'Why Conspiracy Theories Are Nonsense'

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

First Novels.

Victor Hugo

Mr. Metamorphosis: "At least this better than waking up as a cockroach."

The DaVinci Code

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"