Hi everyone!
Last night’s #SJsTwitterBookClub featured Emmy-award winning writer, journalist, comedy-writer, critic and novelist David Quantick (@quantick). We talked about his extraordinary novel, ‘All My Colors’.
David introduced the book to us. ‘Todd Milstead is an a*shole who realises he can remember a book that nobody else can recall. Broke, he decides to write the book himself - with horrific consequences. And Bat Out Of Hell.’
This naturally led to a discussion of American FM rock - and David helpfully provided us with a Spotify playlist to accompany our discussion. We talked about the difference between movies (‘all arcs and scenes’) and books (which ‘are like beanbags’). When pushed, David explained, ‘Books can be a bit lumpier than movies, and have bits that seem to be empty, and bits that are packed, and sometimes support your - all right, not beanbags.’ We talked about our favourite adaptations, and both confessed a love for the brilliant Under the Skin, as well as Haruki Murakami.
I also asked David what he’d written that he was most proud of…
(Coat off - to insult somebody or to talk trash about them.)
Join us next week (Thursday, 7.30pm UK time), when novelist Sarah Hilary will join us to talk about Never Be Broken.
Don’t miss it!