Sunday Morning! A Tale of Two Novels

Rufus F.

Rufus is a likeable curmudgeon. He has a PhD in History, sang for a decade in a punk band, and recently moved to NYC after nearly two decades in Canada. He wrote the book "The Paris Bureau" from Dio Press (2021).

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4 Responses

  1. InMD says:

    The perspective in question has certainly grown stale, as if the vapidity of the class in question needs any additional comment. The weird and more offensive part is how self important it can be.

    Anyway as for me I rented Infinity Pool which is Brandon (son of David) Cronenberg’s latest. It’s about wealthy tourists vacationing in a made up 3rd world country where the punishment for many crimes is death but you can pay for a clone to be executed in your stead. I thought it was pretty good, and weird enough to be fun without totally losing the plot. If I had to criticize one thing it would be that the ending left me kind of flat. Still was worth the ride, with limited gore and some bizarre fetishistic scenes. No new ground broken but well executed. Also certainly not one for when the kids are in the room.Report

    • Rufus F. in reply to InMD says:

      I keep telling my girlfriend we should watch this one and she says it has “strobe effects,” which don’t bother me, so I’ll just watch it on my laptop. It sounds pretty weird, which is always good.Report

      • InMD in reply to Rufus F. says:

        It absolutely has strobe effects, and for sustained periods, so if those are an issue for her she should avoid. However the special effects and cinematography is good enough I’d try to watch it on a tv instead of your laptop if you can. Something of it would be lost on a screen that small.Report

  2. LeeEsq says:

    I’m reading Essex Dogs by Dan Jones, the popular medieval historian. It isn’t great art but it is a fun romp war story set in the early part of the Hundred Years War. A good yarn.Report