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Check out James Wood’s superb review<\/a> of “The World Is What It Is”<\/a>, Patrick French’s wonderful biography of VS Naipaul. I love the first paragraph.<\/p>\n

George Packer also has a good review of the book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And while on books, I was fascinated by this image<\/a> uploaded by Mark Sarvas<\/a> of the plot chart of “Harlot’s Ghost”<\/a>, Norman Mailer’s 1991 novel. Daunting.<\/p>\n

Mailer’s considerable achievements include winning the Bad Sex Award, and this year’s winner has just been announced<\/a>. Here’s the sentence<\/a> that surely clinched it for Rachel Johnson’s “Shire Hell”:<\/p>\n

\n

As he nibbles and pulls with his mouth, his hands find my bush, and with light fingers he flutters about there, as if he is a moth caught inside a lampshade.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If I read that line before I lost my virginity, I’d probably have taken a vow of celibacy. I do take a vow, though, of never attempting to write a sex scene in my own books. Unless I’m taking the mickey out of it—no pun intended.<\/p>\n

And to end this post with publishing news, some publishers are feeling the effects of the downturn—and some aren’t<\/a>. Go, Hachette!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out James Wood’s superb review<\/a> of “The World Is What It Is”<\/a>, Patrick French’s wonderful biography of VS Naipaul. I love the first paragraph.<\/p>\n

George Packer also has a good review of the book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And while on books, I was fascinated by this image<\/a> uploaded by Mark Sarvas<\/a> of the plot chart of “Harlot’s Ghost”<\/a>, Norman Mailer’s 1991 novel. Daunting.<\/p>\n

Mailer’s considerable achievements include winning the Bad Sex Award, and this year’s winner has just been announced<\/a>. Here’s the sentence<\/a> that surely clinched it for Rachel Johnson’s “Shire Hell”:<\/p>\n

\n

As he nibbles and pulls with his mouth, his hands find my bush, and with light fingers he flutters about there, as if he is a moth caught inside a lampshade.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If I read that line before I lost my virginity, I’d probably have taken a vow of celibacy. I do take a vow, though, of never attempting to write a sex scene in my own books. Unless I’m taking the mickey out of it—no pun intended.<\/p>\n

And to end this post with publishing news, some publishers are feeling the effects of the downturn—and some aren’t<\/a>. Go, Hachette!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Unaccommodated Man (And The Fluttering Moth) - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-unaccommodated-man-and-the-fluttering-moth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Unaccommodated Man (And The Fluttering Moth) - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out James Wood’s superb review of “The World Is What It Is”, Patrick French’s wonderful biography of VS Naipaul. I love the first paragraph. George Packer also has a good review of the book here. 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