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Tuesday 28 April 2015

Salman Rushdie: "You can find shame in every house"


They put this guy on our stamps? Mr Anti-bourgeois-bohemian-socialist himself! 


No more will I attempt to struggle through Peter Carey's wordy tosh. In truth, he probably did his best work in the advertising industry while still a young bloke. But now this! As an Australian I find Carey's anti-PEN dribble rather embarrassing. As a member of the civilised world I would have to say, well, ditto: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/australian-author-peter-carey-protests-charlie-hebdo-award-in-new-york/story-fn9412vp-1227323974792