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Beauty from Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country. #literature #books #japaneseliterature

https://rommy.blog/thinking/2026-09-23-1744/

Tout mouvement nous descouvre.

Montaigne ~ Essais I L

ZÉPHYR ~ Compagnie Käfig
https://youtu.be/AaEVIqq7gd4?si=VF5E82E-XVBH1ATQ

Photo Juan Brufal

#Bookstodon #Literature #Photography

Tout mouvement nous descouvre.

Montaigne ~ Essais I L

ZÉPHYR ~ Compagnie Käfig
https://youtu.be/AaEVIqq7gd4?si=VF5E82E-XVBH1ATQ

Photo Juan Brufal

#Bookstodon #Literature #Photography

Tout mouvement nous descouvre.

Montaigne ~ Essais I L

ZÉPHYR ~ Compagnie Käfig
https://youtu.be/AaEVIqq7gd4?si=VF5E82E-XVBH1ATQ

Photo Juan Brufal

#Bookstodon #Literature #Photography

Allegories of the Anthropocene by Elizabeth M. Deloughrey, 2019

In Allegories of the Anthropocene Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature.

#books
#nonfiction
#anthropocene
#colonialism
#ClimateChange
#Caribbean
#PacificIslands
#art
#poetry
#literature

Allegories of the Anthropocene by Elizabeth M. Deloughrey, 2019

In Allegories of the Anthropocene Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature.

#books
#nonfiction
#anthropocene
#colonialism
#ClimateChange
#Caribbean
#PacificIslands
#art
#poetry
#literature

Allegories of the Anthropocene by Elizabeth M. Deloughrey, 2019

In Allegories of the Anthropocene Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature.

#books
#nonfiction
#anthropocene
#colonialism
#ClimateChange
#Caribbean
#PacificIslands
#art
#poetry
#literature

Allegories of the Anthropocene by Elizabeth M. Deloughrey, 2019

In Allegories of the Anthropocene Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature.

#books
#nonfiction
#anthropocene
#colonialism
#ClimateChange
#Caribbean
#PacificIslands
#art
#poetry
#literature

Allegories of the Anthropocene by Elizabeth M. Deloughrey, 2019

In Allegories of the Anthropocene Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature.

#books
#nonfiction
#anthropocene
#colonialism
#ClimateChange
#Caribbean
#PacificIslands
#art
#poetry
#literature

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 – 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒕. 1" -

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/ghost-in-the-garden-dark-montgomery-pt-1/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #bookphilosophy #literarypodcast #bookpodcast #criticalreading #literarycriticism #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion #travelwriting #travelogues #literature #biography #feminism #pseudonyms #thebluecastle

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 – 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒕. 1" -

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/ghost-in-the-garden-dark-montgomery-pt-1/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #bookphilosophy #literarypodcast #bookpodcast #criticalreading #literarycriticism #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion #travelwriting #travelogues #literature #biography #feminism #pseudonyms #thebluecastle

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 – 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒕. 1" -

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/ghost-in-the-garden-dark-montgomery-pt-1/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #bookphilosophy #literarypodcast #bookpodcast #criticalreading #literarycriticism #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion #travelwriting #travelogues #literature #biography #feminism #pseudonyms #thebluecastle

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 – 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒕. 1" -

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/ghost-in-the-garden-dark-montgomery-pt-1/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #bookphilosophy #literarypodcast #bookpodcast #criticalreading #literarycriticism #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion #travelwriting #travelogues #literature #biography #feminism #pseudonyms #thebluecastle

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 – 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒕. 1" -

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/ghost-in-the-garden-dark-montgomery-pt-1/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #bookphilosophy #literarypodcast #bookpodcast #criticalreading #literarycriticism #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion #travelwriting #travelogues #literature #biography #feminism #pseudonyms #thebluecastle

Maradona in a Fur Coat: Great Books That Never Were 🧥

Madonna in a Fur Coat is a 1943 literary classic by Sbahattin Ali. A beautiful story of unrequited love. However, did you know the 1993 semi-autobiographical book Maradona in a Fur Coat is nowhere near as good?

Written to promote the football (soccer) legend Diego Maradona, the work was panned by literary scholars as “superfluous” (unnecessary), panned by angry football fans whom promptly went on nationwide drunken football hooligan riots. But… is it worth reading? Let’s find out!

The Anti-Football RAGE of Maradona in a Fur Coat

“Life is a game that is only played once, and I lost. But… at least I had my fur coat (and drugs).”

Maradona in a Fur Coat is set in 19th century England where Lord Diego Maradona is a wealthy socialite business owner whom pays his workers way below minimum wage. He’s noted for his fur coat (understandably) and takes a dim view on the formation of the Football Association in 1863.

Indeed, Diego Maradona detests football and seeks to use his influence and wealth to ban the sport and have it replaced by a nice game of upper-class checkers.

However, his pursuit of the ban is halted when a beautiful upper-class socialite called Lady Dorothy Penelope Mistress Machine III enters his life.

“I took her hands in mine and kissed them. Most probably tears were welling up in my eyes (either that or it was sweat from my brow due to all the drugs). For a moment she came closer, almost close enough to embrace. Seeing the warm glow in her eyes, I thought my heart might stop. Indeed, it did for but a moment (because of all the drugs). Haven was only centimetres away.”

Within hours the pair are married and Lord Maradona details his plans for them to have 13 children, all of whom will be boys, all of whom will take variations of the name Diego Maradona (Deigo Maradona, as an example).

The rest of the book descends into a boring love story, with long chapters detailing his business exploits, with barely any mentions of football, Argentina, or the Hand of God. These missing elements led to the work being a critical and commercial failure, which had a smidgen of an impact on the real Maradona’s vast fortune.

The Drunken Football Hooligan Reading Riots of 1993

Many football hooligans attempted to read the book, but were appalled to find its anti-football sentiments and tedious love story. Fans had gathered for the book’s launch in Oxford Circus of London, August of 1993, and spent the morning drinking beer and reading through the first few chapters.

However, once the nature of the work became apparent the mood turned ugly.

By 2pm, Oxford Circus was a frenzy of drunken football hooligan rioting. Torn pages of the work fluttered upon the wind in their thousands, creating a beautiful silhouette to the backdrop of bald, overweight, middle-aged men with sunburn beating the living shite out of each other.

Eventually, riot police were called in and used water cannons to blast the angry mob into submission. However, of the angry drunken mob zero arrests were made, although 13 pensioners were arrested for “staring in disbelief” at the chaos and received 10 year hard labour prison sentences (each).

Diego Maradona refused to comment on the mayhem his book had caused. However, his ghost writer did release an official statement, using a different ghost writer to write the statement, in which the first ghost writer disowned the book and admitted writing it was a “mistake”.

Drunken football fans ultimately rounded on the ghost writer’s ghost writer, throwing bricks through the individual’s window and posting dog poo through the letterbox. A glowing testament to the maturity and even-handed emotions of football hooligans.

Maradona in a Fur Coat: Great Books That Never Were 🧥

Madonna in a Fur Coat is a 1943 literary classic by Sbahattin Ali. A beautiful story of unrequited love. However, did you know the 1993 semi-autobiographical book Maradona in a Fur Coat is nowhere near as good?

Written to promote the football (soccer) legend Diego Maradona, the work was panned by literary scholars as “superfluous” (unnecessary), panned by angry football fans whom promptly went on nationwide drunken football hooligan riots. But… is it worth reading? Let’s find out!

The Anti-Football RAGE of Maradona in a Fur Coat

“Life is a game that is only played once, and I lost. But… at least I had my fur coat (and drugs).”

Maradona in a Fur Coat is set in 19th century England where Lord Diego Maradona is a wealthy socialite business owner whom pays his workers way below minimum wage. He’s noted for his fur coat (understandably) and takes a dim view on the formation of the Football Association in 1863.

Indeed, Diego Maradona detests football and seeks to use his influence and wealth to ban the sport and have it replaced by a nice game of upper-class checkers.

However, his pursuit of the ban is halted when a beautiful upper-class socialite called Lady Dorothy Penelope Mistress Machine III enters his life.

“I took her hands in mine and kissed them. Most probably tears were welling up in my eyes (either that or it was sweat from my brow due to all the drugs). For a moment she came closer, almost close enough to embrace. Seeing the warm glow in her eyes, I thought my heart might stop. Indeed, it did for but a moment (because of all the drugs). Haven was only centimetres away.”

Within hours the pair are married and Lord Maradona details his plans for them to have 13 children, all of whom will be boys, all of whom will take variations of the name Diego Maradona (Deigo Maradona, as an example).

The rest of the book descends into a boring love story, with long chapters detailing his business exploits, with barely any mentions of football, Argentina, or the Hand of God. These missing elements led to the work being a critical and commercial failure, which had a smidgen of an impact on the real Maradona’s vast fortune.

The Drunken Football Hooligan Reading Riots of 1993

Many football hooligans attempted to read the book, but were appalled to find its anti-football sentiments and tedious love story. Fans had gathered for the book’s launch in Oxford Circus of London, August of 1993, and spent the morning drinking beer and reading through the first few chapters.

However, once the nature of the work became apparent the mood turned ugly.

By 2pm, Oxford Circus was a frenzy of drunken football hooligan rioting. Torn pages of the work fluttered upon the wind in their thousands, creating a beautiful silhouette to the backdrop of bald, overweight, middle-aged men with sunburn beating the living shite out of each other.

Eventually, riot police were called in and used water cannons to blast the angry mob into submission. However, of the angry drunken mob zero arrests were made, although 13 pensioners were arrested for “staring in disbelief” at the chaos and received 10 year hard labour prison sentences (each).

Diego Maradona refused to comment on the mayhem his book had caused. However, his ghost writer did release an official statement, using a different ghost writer to write the statement, in which the first ghost writer disowned the book and admitted writing it was a “mistake”.

Drunken football fans ultimately rounded on the ghost writer’s ghost writer, throwing bricks through the individual’s window and posting dog poo through the letterbox. A glowing testament to the maturity and even-handed emotions of football hooligans.

Maradona in a Fur Coat: Great Books That Never Were 🧥

Madonna in a Fur Coat is a 1943 literary classic by Sbahattin Ali. A beautiful story of unrequited love. However, did you know the 1993 semi-autobiographical book Maradona in a Fur Coat is nowhere near as good?

Written to promote the football (soccer) legend Diego Maradona, the work was panned by literary scholars as “superfluous” (unnecessary), panned by angry football fans whom promptly went on nationwide drunken football hooligan riots. But… is it worth reading? Let’s find out!

The Anti-Football RAGE of Maradona in a Fur Coat

“Life is a game that is only played once, and I lost. But… at least I had my fur coat (and drugs).”

Maradona in a Fur Coat is set in 19th century England where Lord Diego Maradona is a wealthy socialite business owner whom pays his workers way below minimum wage. He’s noted for his fur coat (understandably) and takes a dim view on the formation of the Football Association in 1863.

Indeed, Diego Maradona detests football and seeks to use his influence and wealth to ban the sport and have it replaced by a nice game of upper-class checkers.

However, his pursuit of the ban is halted when a beautiful upper-class socialite called Lady Dorothy Penelope Mistress Machine III enters his life.

“I took her hands in mine and kissed them. Most probably tears were welling up in my eyes (either that or it was sweat from my brow due to all the drugs). For a moment she came closer, almost close enough to embrace. Seeing the warm glow in her eyes, I thought my heart might stop. Indeed, it did for but a moment (because of all the drugs). Haven was only centimetres away.”

Within hours the pair are married and Lord Maradona details his plans for them to have 13 children, all of whom will be boys, all of whom will take variations of the name Diego Maradona (Deigo Maradona, as an example).

The rest of the book descends into a boring love story, with long chapters detailing his business exploits, with barely any mentions of football, Argentina, or the Hand of God. These missing elements led to the work being a critical and commercial failure, which had a smidgen of an impact on the real Maradona’s vast fortune.

The Drunken Football Hooligan Reading Riots of 1993

Many football hooligans attempted to read the book, but were appalled to find its anti-football sentiments and tedious love story. Fans had gathered for the book’s launch in Oxford Circus of London, August of 1993, and spent the morning drinking beer and reading through the first few chapters.

However, once the nature of the work became apparent the mood turned ugly.

By 2pm, Oxford Circus was a frenzy of drunken football hooligan rioting. Torn pages of the work fluttered upon the wind in their thousands, creating a beautiful silhouette to the backdrop of bald, overweight, middle-aged men with sunburn beating the living shite out of each other.

Eventually, riot police were called in and used water cannons to blast the angry mob into submission. However, of the angry drunken mob zero arrests were made, although 13 pensioners were arrested for “staring in disbelief” at the chaos and received 10 year hard labour prison sentences (each).

Diego Maradona refused to comment on the mayhem his book had caused. However, his ghost writer did release an official statement, using a different ghost writer to write the statement, in which the first ghost writer disowned the book and admitted writing it was a “mistake”.

Drunken football fans ultimately rounded on the ghost writer’s ghost writer, throwing bricks through the individual’s window and posting dog poo through the letterbox. A glowing testament to the maturity and even-handed emotions of football hooligans.

Maradona in a Fur Coat: Great Books That Never Were 🧥

Madonna in a Fur Coat is a 1943 literary classic by Sbahattin Ali. A beautiful story of unrequited love. However, did you know the 1993 semi-autobiographical book Maradona in a Fur Coat is nowhere near as good?

Written to promote the football (soccer) legend Diego Maradona, the work was panned by literary scholars as “superfluous” (unnecessary), panned by angry football fans whom promptly went on nationwide drunken football hooligan riots. But… is it worth reading? Let’s find out!

The Anti-Football RAGE of Maradona in a Fur Coat

“Life is a game that is only played once, and I lost. But… at least I had my fur coat (and drugs).”

Maradona in a Fur Coat is set in 19th century England where Lord Diego Maradona is a wealthy socialite business owner whom pays his workers way below minimum wage. He’s noted for his fur coat (understandably) and takes a dim view on the formation of the Football Association in 1863.

Indeed, Diego Maradona detests football and seeks to use his influence and wealth to ban the sport and have it replaced by a nice game of upper-class checkers.

However, his pursuit of the ban is halted when a beautiful upper-class socialite called Lady Dorothy Penelope Mistress Machine III enters his life.

“I took her hands in mine and kissed them. Most probably tears were welling up in my eyes (either that or it was sweat from my brow due to all the drugs). For a moment she came closer, almost close enough to embrace. Seeing the warm glow in her eyes, I thought my heart might stop. Indeed, it did for but a moment (because of all the drugs). Haven was only centimetres away.”

Within hours the pair are married and Lord Maradona details his plans for them to have 13 children, all of whom will be boys, all of whom will take variations of the name Diego Maradona (Deigo Maradona, as an example).

The rest of the book descends into a boring love story, with long chapters detailing his business exploits, with barely any mentions of football, Argentina, or the Hand of God. These missing elements led to the work being a critical and commercial failure, which had a smidgen of an impact on the real Maradona’s vast fortune.

The Drunken Football Hooligan Reading Riots of 1993

Many football hooligans attempted to read the book, but were appalled to find its anti-football sentiments and tedious love story. Fans had gathered for the book’s launch in Oxford Circus of London, August of 1993, and spent the morning drinking beer and reading through the first few chapters.

However, once the nature of the work became apparent the mood turned ugly.

By 2pm, Oxford Circus was a frenzy of drunken football hooligan rioting. Torn pages of the work fluttered upon the wind in their thousands, creating a beautiful silhouette to the backdrop of bald, overweight, middle-aged men with sunburn beating the living shite out of each other.

Eventually, riot police were called in and used water cannons to blast the angry mob into submission. However, of the angry drunken mob zero arrests were made, although 13 pensioners were arrested for “staring in disbelief” at the chaos and received 10 year hard labour prison sentences (each).

Diego Maradona refused to comment on the mayhem his book had caused. However, his ghost writer did release an official statement, using a different ghost writer to write the statement, in which the first ghost writer disowned the book and admitted writing it was a “mistake”.

Drunken football fans ultimately rounded on the ghost writer’s ghost writer, throwing bricks through the individual’s window and posting dog poo through the letterbox. A glowing testament to the maturity and even-handed emotions of football hooligans.

Maradona in a Fur Coat: Great Books That Never Were 🧥

Madonna in a Fur Coat is a 1943 literary classic by Sbahattin Ali. A beautiful story of unrequited love. However, did you know the 1993 semi-autobiographical book Maradona in a Fur Coat is nowhere near as good?

Written to promote the football (soccer) legend Diego Maradona, the work was panned by literary scholars as “superfluous” (unnecessary), panned by angry football fans whom promptly went on nationwide drunken football hooligan riots. But… is it worth reading? Let’s find out!

The Anti-Football RAGE of Maradona in a Fur Coat

“Life is a game that is only played once, and I lost. But… at least I had my fur coat (and drugs).”

Maradona in a Fur Coat is set in 19th century England where Lord Diego Maradona is a wealthy socialite business owner whom pays his workers way below minimum wage. He’s noted for his fur coat (understandably) and takes a dim view on the formation of the Football Association in 1863.

Indeed, Diego Maradona detests football and seeks to use his influence and wealth to ban the sport and have it replaced by a nice game of upper-class checkers.

However, his pursuit of the ban is halted when a beautiful upper-class socialite called Lady Dorothy Penelope Mistress Machine III enters his life.

“I took her hands in mine and kissed them. Most probably tears were welling up in my eyes (either that or it was sweat from my brow due to all the drugs). For a moment she came closer, almost close enough to embrace. Seeing the warm glow in her eyes, I thought my heart might stop. Indeed, it did for but a moment (because of all the drugs). Haven was only centimetres away.”

Within hours the pair are married and Lord Maradona details his plans for them to have 13 children, all of whom will be boys, all of whom will take variations of the name Diego Maradona (Deigo Maradona, as an example).

The rest of the book descends into a boring love story, with long chapters detailing his business exploits, with barely any mentions of football, Argentina, or the Hand of God. These missing elements led to the work being a critical and commercial failure, which had a smidgen of an impact on the real Maradona’s vast fortune.

The Drunken Football Hooligan Reading Riots of 1993

Many football hooligans attempted to read the book, but were appalled to find its anti-football sentiments and tedious love story. Fans had gathered for the book’s launch in Oxford Circus of London, August of 1993, and spent the morning drinking beer and reading through the first few chapters.

However, once the nature of the work became apparent the mood turned ugly.

By 2pm, Oxford Circus was a frenzy of drunken football hooligan rioting. Torn pages of the work fluttered upon the wind in their thousands, creating a beautiful silhouette to the backdrop of bald, overweight, middle-aged men with sunburn beating the living shite out of each other.

Eventually, riot police were called in and used water cannons to blast the angry mob into submission. However, of the angry drunken mob zero arrests were made, although 13 pensioners were arrested for “staring in disbelief” at the chaos and received 10 year hard labour prison sentences (each).

Diego Maradona refused to comment on the mayhem his book had caused. However, his ghost writer did release an official statement, using a different ghost writer to write the statement, in which the first ghost writer disowned the book and admitted writing it was a “mistake”.

Drunken football fans ultimately rounded on the ghost writer’s ghost writer, throwing bricks through the individual’s window and posting dog poo through the letterbox. A glowing testament to the maturity and even-handed emotions of football hooligans.

Born this day: 09/22/1971
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (aka - Elizabeth Bear) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres. She won the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom" published in Asimov's Science Fiction (March 2008).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bear

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Art by Tomasz Maronski

Born this day: 09/22/1971
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (aka - Elizabeth Bear) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres. She won the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom" published in Asimov's Science Fiction (March 2008).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bear

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
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Art by Tomasz Maronski

Born this day: 09/22/1971
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (aka - Elizabeth Bear) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres. She won the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom" published in Asimov's Science Fiction (March 2008).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bear

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#ElizabethBear @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

Art by Tomasz Maronski

Born this day: 09/22/1971
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (aka - Elizabeth Bear) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres. She won the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom" published in Asimov's Science Fiction (March 2008).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bear

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#ElizabethBear @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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Art by Tomasz Maronski

“Scottish authors Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton […] were popular and widely read in their own historical moment. As their names suggest, these were works concerned with propriety and expectation, but they were also experimental in their own ways.”

Dr Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman on two Scottish female novelists who outsold & inspired Jane Austen

https://theconversation.com/the-two-scottish-female-novelists-who-outsold-and-inspired-jane-austen-290405

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“Scottish authors Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton […] were popular and widely read in their own historical moment. As their names suggest, these were works concerned with propriety and expectation, but they were also experimental in their own ways.”

Dr Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman on two Scottish female novelists who outsold & inspired Jane Austen

https://theconversation.com/the-two-scottish-female-novelists-who-outsold-and-inspired-jane-austen-290405

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #Regency #womenwriters #SusanFerrier #MaryBrunton #JaneAusten

“Scottish authors Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton […] were popular and widely read in their own historical moment. As their names suggest, these were works concerned with propriety and expectation, but they were also experimental in their own ways.”

Dr Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman on two Scottish female novelists who outsold & inspired Jane Austen

https://theconversation.com/the-two-scottish-female-novelists-who-outsold-and-inspired-jane-austen-290405

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #Regency #womenwriters #SusanFerrier #MaryBrunton #JaneAusten

“Scottish authors Susan Ferrier and Mary Brunton […] were popular and widely read in their own historical moment. As their names suggest, these were works concerned with propriety and expectation, but they were also experimental in their own ways.”

Dr Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman on two Scottish female novelists who outsold & inspired Jane Austen

https://theconversation.com/the-two-scottish-female-novelists-who-outsold-and-inspired-jane-austen-290405

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𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙧: "𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣" 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 -

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Fast-argued
Provocative
Enactable

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

How is Rose's "Friction" different from mere critical thinking?

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𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙧: "𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣" 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 -

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Fast-argued
Provocative
Enactable

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

How is Rose's "Friction" different from mere critical thinking?

#bookreview #bookrecommendations #readinglist #literature #books #book #reading #frictionalreading #robertrose #nonfiction #friction #valuablefriction #business #marketing #selfhelp #culturecriticism

𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙧: "𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣" 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 -

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Fast-argued
Provocative
Enactable

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

How is Rose's "Friction" different from mere critical thinking?

#bookreview #bookrecommendations #readinglist #literature #books #book #reading #frictionalreading #robertrose #nonfiction #friction #valuablefriction #business #marketing #selfhelp #culturecriticism

𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙧: "𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣" 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 -

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Fast-argued
Provocative
Enactable

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

How is Rose's "Friction" different from mere critical thinking?

#bookreview #bookrecommendations #readinglist #literature #books #book #reading #frictionalreading #robertrose #nonfiction #friction #valuablefriction #business #marketing #selfhelp #culturecriticism

𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙧: "𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣" 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 -

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Fast-argued
Provocative
Enactable

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:

How is Rose's "Friction" different from mere critical thinking?

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Book launch: A Wee Bit Zen, by Alan Spence
7 October, Typewronger Books, Edinburgh – free

Haiku & senryu, translations from the Japanese; found poems, sound poems, visual & text poems, puns & one-liners, overheard word-on-the-street poems, everyday zen – this new collection of short-form poetry from Alan Spence is a descendant of his bestselling cult classic GLASGOW ZEN

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-wee-bit-zen-a-new-poetry-collection-by-alan-spence-tickets-2001775231604

#Scottish #literature #poetry #booklaunch #Edinburgh #Zen #haiku #senryu #translation

Book launch: A Wee Bit Zen, by Alan Spence
7 October, Typewronger Books, Edinburgh – free

Haiku & senryu, translations from the Japanese; found poems, sound poems, visual & text poems, puns & one-liners, overheard word-on-the-street poems, everyday zen – this new collection of short-form poetry from Alan Spence is a descendant of his bestselling cult classic GLASGOW ZEN

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-wee-bit-zen-a-new-poetry-collection-by-alan-spence-tickets-2001775231604

#Scottish #literature #poetry #booklaunch #Edinburgh #Zen #haiku #senryu #translation

Book launch: A Wee Bit Zen, by Alan Spence
7 October, Typewronger Books, Edinburgh – free

Haiku & senryu, translations from the Japanese; found poems, sound poems, visual & text poems, puns & one-liners, overheard word-on-the-street poems, everyday zen – this new collection of short-form poetry from Alan Spence is a descendant of his bestselling cult classic GLASGOW ZEN

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-wee-bit-zen-a-new-poetry-collection-by-alan-spence-tickets-2001775231604

#Scottish #literature #poetry #booklaunch #Edinburgh #Zen #haiku #senryu #translation

Book launch: A Wee Bit Zen, by Alan Spence
7 October, Typewronger Books, Edinburgh – free

Haiku & senryu, translations from the Japanese; found poems, sound poems, visual & text poems, puns & one-liners, overheard word-on-the-street poems, everyday zen – this new collection of short-form poetry from Alan Spence is a descendant of his bestselling cult classic GLASGOW ZEN

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-wee-bit-zen-a-new-poetry-collection-by-alan-spence-tickets-2001775231604

#Scottish #literature #poetry #booklaunch #Edinburgh #Zen #haiku #senryu #translation

Book launch: A Wee Bit Zen, by Alan Spence
7 October, Typewronger Books, Edinburgh – free

Haiku & senryu, translations from the Japanese; found poems, sound poems, visual & text poems, puns & one-liners, overheard word-on-the-street poems, everyday zen – this new collection of short-form poetry from Alan Spence is a descendant of his bestselling cult classic GLASGOW ZEN

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-wee-bit-zen-a-new-poetry-collection-by-alan-spence-tickets-2001775231604

#Scottish #literature #poetry #booklaunch #Edinburgh #Zen #haiku #senryu #translation

Taobh a-muigh na h-uinneag-sa
tha an canal cho trang sa bhitheas e.
Tha na lachan, na cearcan-uisge
’s na faoileagan uile cha mhòr air fàs a-nis,
na h-iteagan aca laidir is grinn gu leòr
gus teicheadh air sgiath…

—Pàdraig MacAoidh, “Crann-cuinnse”

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/crann-cuinnse/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #autumn

Taobh a-muigh na h-uinneag-sa
tha an canal cho trang sa bhitheas e.
Tha na lachan, na cearcan-uisge
’s na faoileagan uile cha mhòr air fàs a-nis,
na h-iteagan aca laidir is grinn gu leòr
gus teicheadh air sgiath…

—Pàdraig MacAoidh, “Crann-cuinnse”

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/crann-cuinnse/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #autumn

Taobh a-muigh na h-uinneag-sa
tha an canal cho trang sa bhitheas e.
Tha na lachan, na cearcan-uisge
’s na faoileagan uile cha mhòr air fàs a-nis,
na h-iteagan aca laidir is grinn gu leòr
gus teicheadh air sgiath…

—Pàdraig MacAoidh, “Crann-cuinnse”

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/crann-cuinnse/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #autumn

Taobh a-muigh na h-uinneag-sa
tha an canal cho trang sa bhitheas e.
Tha na lachan, na cearcan-uisge
’s na faoileagan uile cha mhòr air fàs a-nis,
na h-iteagan aca laidir is grinn gu leòr
gus teicheadh air sgiath…

—Pàdraig MacAoidh, “Crann-cuinnse”

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/crann-cuinnse/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #autumn

Taobh a-muigh na h-uinneag-sa
tha an canal cho trang sa bhitheas e.
Tha na lachan, na cearcan-uisge
’s na faoileagan uile cha mhòr air fàs a-nis,
na h-iteagan aca laidir is grinn gu leòr
gus teicheadh air sgiath…

—Pàdraig MacAoidh, “Crann-cuinnse”

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/crann-cuinnse/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #autumn

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My new essay about Samuel Johnson

I am unashamed to call him a great man, to say that he is my hero. I can never write of him without strong feeling.

by Karen Swallow Prior and Henry Oliver

https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/samuel-johnson-a-writer-for-us-all

Books by Samuel Johnson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297

#books #literature #literaryCriticism

My new essay about Samuel Johnson

I am unashamed to call him a great man, to say that he is my hero. I can never write of him without strong feeling.

by Karen Swallow Prior and Henry Oliver

https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/samuel-johnson-a-writer-for-us-all

Books by Samuel Johnson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297

#books #literature #literaryCriticism

My new essay about Samuel Johnson

I am unashamed to call him a great man, to say that he is my hero. I can never write of him without strong feeling.

by Karen Swallow Prior and Henry Oliver

https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/samuel-johnson-a-writer-for-us-all

Books by Samuel Johnson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297

#books #literature #literaryCriticism

My new essay about Samuel Johnson

I am unashamed to call him a great man, to say that he is my hero. I can never write of him without strong feeling.

by Karen Swallow Prior and Henry Oliver

https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/samuel-johnson-a-writer-for-us-all

Books by Samuel Johnson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297

#books #literature #literaryCriticism

My new essay about Samuel Johnson

I am unashamed to call him a great man, to say that he is my hero. I can never write of him without strong feeling.

by Karen Swallow Prior and Henry Oliver

https://karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/samuel-johnson-a-writer-for-us-all

Books by Samuel Johnson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297

#books #literature #literaryCriticism

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