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John Updike: Rabbit Redux
Even though his latest novel, "Terrorist" has been panned, Mr. New Yorker's fine Rabbit Quartet still gives us our best, and most disturbing, portrait of the modern, somewhat superfluous, man. A former high school hoops star finds life a bit rough in a small Pennsylvania town. Sound familiar? The Rabbit Quartet was recently named one of the best American novels of the last 25 years by the New York Times Book Review
Wallace Stegner: Angle of Repose
This book has stuck with me for quite a while. Gorgeous tale of hardship, love and the settling of the West. This book won the Pulitzer Prize in the early 70's and is well worth the time that it may take to really get into it. I love the fact that the wheelchair bound Lyman Ward, a secondary protagonist/narrator, enjoys little more than pouring himself two fingers of bourbon and watching Giants games on the tube.
Guy de Maupassant: Bel-Ami
Late 19th century story of a man's descent into journalistic corruption. A quick read that is never very challenging but is certain to entertain.
Honore de Balzac: Lost Illusions
Typical melodramtic mid-19th century French drivel. But I love it. Long weepy monologues about art, social circles and the wonders of Paris (not to mention the hilarious ways that they talk about sex without really talking about sex). The tale of Lucien Chardon will keep you interested for the full 700 pages, I swear.

July 10, 2006

Dirty Azzurri

It made me sick to watch the Italians win the World Cup final yesterday. Almost as sick as Travis Hafner not being named to the American League All-Star team. Besides being the most boring team in the world to watch (other than our beloved American team) the Azzurri are the dirtiest, greasiest bunch of melodramatic footballers to win a World Cup championship. From Daniele De Rossi's vicious elbow on Brian McBride to their stupid tattooed arms to their insanely dumb pant-less celebration afterward the Italians were the team that I least wanted to see win but alas, win they did thanks to Marco Matarazzi's racist taunting of the legendary Zizou and Juventus striker David Trezegeut's penalty shot miss (kinda strange, isn't it, that a Juventus player helps the Italians win?). I am very interested to find out exactly what Materazzi said to Zidane. Early reports have the Italian goon calling Zizou a "dirty terrorist" and a few other unmentionable names precipitating the crazy headbutt to the chest. Need proof as to just how dirty Materazzi is? Check out this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WJPKM5aJGW8&search=materazzi

Baseball? With the Tribe getting screwed by Ozzie Guillen and unable to put together much of a win streak I am pretty much uninterested....

With baseball being a source of endless boredom LeBron's decision to re-up with the Cavs was the best athletic news of the weekend. Now if a) the rumors I hear are true and that Kevin Garnett is on his way to Northeast Ohio and b) the Cavs can somehow get a real point guard I feel that they are on the precipice of piecing together a championship squad. Now all they need is to bring Craig Ehlo out of retirement...

Things are a little sad right now as I am in my last week as a San Francisco resident. Sure, moving to NYC is exciting and fecund with potential but there is no place on Earth like SF...This week I plan on making a final visit to the following bars:

Zeitgeist, The Expansion, Chelsea Place, Zam Zam , the Gold Cane, Vesuvio, Latin America Club and Fly

However the place that I will miss the most is my trusted coffee shop here in the Lower Haight...Bean There. Great loose leaf teas, great airy feeling and beautiful wooden aesthetic.

Until then...No Sleep Til Brooklyn...

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