tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post8031555928341096768..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-85774319023992731852008-01-28T19:56:00.000+13:002008-01-28T19:56:00.000+13:00Should we examine Fallowell's motive in writing th...Should we examine Fallowell's motive in writing this book? And equally, should we measure the yardstick he uses as a basis for his judgement? If England is the standard ... it's a no-brainer, isn't it? He is Anna Kavan reincarnate, jaded, acerbic, afflicted with a misguided delusion of social superiority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-83266354478465784232008-01-28T04:21:00.000+13:002008-01-28T04:21:00.000+13:00Its quite easy to see why this chap had to wait un...Its quite easy to see why this chap had to wait until someone left him some money before he could go anywhere isnt it?<BR/>I have actually travelled the world to its furthest flung corners - and paid for it myself out of my own pocket....and one of the worst places to travel in is the UK. The people are generally rude. The price of everything is robbery - even by their standards. And homelessness; drug addicts; poor wretced environments; anti social behaviour - and the unbelievable obnoxiousness of the people who staff their airports has to be experienced to be understood.<BR/>What we must not do is buy this book. Simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com