Re: (TV) It's Mr. Hell On The Line

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I haven't got hold of the book yet, just read parts of it on-line.  And I agree, that line is pretty good...funny!


--- On Wed, 3/20/13, Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (TV) It's Mr. Hell On The Line
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 1:24 PM
> My copy also arrived yesterday and
> I'm already 1/3 of the way through.
> I'm up to about 1970.
> 
> No way would I ever think Richard  would write a book
> as a "revenge" on 
> anyone.
> Flawed as he may be (along with the rest of us) I don't
> think it's in his
> character to spend 6 years of his life obsessing over
> something that 
> happened
> 35 or 40 years ago.
> 
> I loved this line from early on in the book: "I think I
> peaked as a human
> being in the sixth grade."
> 
> Glenn C.
> 
> 
> 
> On 21/03/2013 6:36 AM, leif joley wrote:
> > Got my copy today. It's printed on very rough paper,
> with an edge on the pages
> > that reminds me of some books from my childhood that
> one had to cut up with a
> > knife to be able to read. I rushed to read the already
> talked-about epilogue
> > -- and was highly surprised that Hell in fact expresses
> unconditional love for
> > his former band-mate and friend. Actually, it seems
> like Hell thinks that he
> > and Verlaine are sort of divided soul-mates. I assume
> that there are juicier
> > parts elsewhere in the book, but given that pretty much
> have been written
> > about this book as kind of a revenge on Verlaine, I'd
> say it's a bit
> > surprising that it does ends on that peculiar tone.
> >
> > Leif J, Sweden
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:03:07 +0000
> >> From: keith@thewonder.co.uk
> >> To: tv@obbard.com
> >> Subject: Re: (TV) It's Mr. Hell On The Line
> >>
> >> On 20/03/2013 12:36, Dave wrote:
> >>> "The split with Mr. Verlaine was ugly. We read
> about Mr. Verlainefs
> >>> gcoldness and egotismh and about what Mr. Hell
> calls his gglobally
> > sourh
> >>> demeanor. One of the final straws, Mr. Hell
> reports, was when Mr.
> > Verlaine
> >>> gtold me not to move around onstage while he
> sang.h"
> >> Gosh, maybe Mr Lloyd was right all the time - who'd
> have thought..?
> >>
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