The book is finished and despatched to the Agent - who is on holiday! I went out to supper last night with no very high expectations, and had a really delightful evening. I can report a rare event - Alexander left first!
Anna made a really nice meal - and invited Bruce and Jo who live up the road, Alex and me to meet her US friend Kyle Smith. He's over here working briefly for the Sun on Sunday - but he's actually on the New York Post as a film critic - once described as "America's most cantankerous film critic". He reminded me of Markovitch in appearance - but quite a different personality. I liked him a lot - having wittered on about my novel I discovered that he'd written a couple himself (neither published here I think) and they had been rather well received. He is the absolute antithesis of the American stereotype - being modest, uneffusive, ironic. I discovered from Googling him that he had also been in the US army during the first Gulf War, so he's lived too. We hope to see him tonight.
Dear Anna was talking up my book and this house - which is very kind of her, it makes me nervous, because I don't know if any of it will live up to the marketing spiel! I've sent her the pdf. of the book - I hope she enjoys it.
And now POLITICS. We had local elections, Labour made sweeping gains - the usual song is being sung - the "Mid-term Blues" and each side saying exactly the same things they always say in these situations, which must have occurred nearly a dozen times during my life. Sadly Bozzer got in in London again - he is clever and amusing, but it would have been good to have Ken back, even if he is a slightly slimy life-form. French election tomorrow - also very exciting - a Socialist president would be a nice change. Wonder what he'll do.
I am going back to bed now - it's 8.00 am, I've been up for an hour, but only had 5 hours sleep last night.
Anna made a really nice meal - and invited Bruce and Jo who live up the road, Alex and me to meet her US friend Kyle Smith. He's over here working briefly for the Sun on Sunday - but he's actually on the New York Post as a film critic - once described as "America's most cantankerous film critic". He reminded me of Markovitch in appearance - but quite a different personality. I liked him a lot - having wittered on about my novel I discovered that he'd written a couple himself (neither published here I think) and they had been rather well received. He is the absolute antithesis of the American stereotype - being modest, uneffusive, ironic. I discovered from Googling him that he had also been in the US army during the first Gulf War, so he's lived too. We hope to see him tonight.
Dear Anna was talking up my book and this house - which is very kind of her, it makes me nervous, because I don't know if any of it will live up to the marketing spiel! I've sent her the pdf. of the book - I hope she enjoys it.
And now POLITICS. We had local elections, Labour made sweeping gains - the usual song is being sung - the "Mid-term Blues" and each side saying exactly the same things they always say in these situations, which must have occurred nearly a dozen times during my life. Sadly Bozzer got in in London again - he is clever and amusing, but it would have been good to have Ken back, even if he is a slightly slimy life-form. French election tomorrow - also very exciting - a Socialist president would be a nice change. Wonder what he'll do.
I am going back to bed now - it's 8.00 am, I've been up for an hour, but only had 5 hours sleep last night.
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