Fiction Lover Mugs

'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.

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...

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

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

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

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

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

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

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

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

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

'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'

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

Thomas Mann.

"Meet the author"

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

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

The DaVinci Code

First Novels.