Tuesday 21 August 2018

Are you as bored as I am?

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P.S. Alexander MacCaull Smith is a really bad writer. I mean REALLY bad. How the fuck did he get where he is today?
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21 comments:

  1. Rachel Phillips21 August 2018 at 12:20

    Yes.

    I don't know anything about McCall Smith except that I never read a book of his because I don't like the covers and the sheer number of titles always makes me suspicious of him because there wouldn't be so many of them if they were bloody good would there?

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    1. Tom Stephenson21 August 2018 at 13:22

      Take my word for it - he is execrably awful. He has many fans in this blogging world though.

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    2. Toffeeapple21 August 2018 at 16:46

      I agree. He is the most boring writer that I ever read. What irritates me more is seeing his pronouncements upon the works of better writers. Thank you for posting this.

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    3. Tom Stephenson22 August 2018 at 02:00

      Think Stanley Baxter, but without any humour or talent.

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  2. janipi21 August 2018 at 13:33

    Never heard of him. Googled to see if I was missing out. Don’t think so.

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  3. John Going Gently21 August 2018 at 14:07

    I liked the BBC radio 4 radio version of his Botswana lady detective story

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    1. CheerfulMonk21 August 2018 at 21:10

      I had never heard of him, but I did watch the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency on Netflix and loved the characters.

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    2. Tom Stephenson22 August 2018 at 01:53

      How can you possibly like that rubbish? It is an insult to Botswana.

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  4. Jacqueline @ HOME21 August 2018 at 14:55

    Definitely wasn’t fussed on The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency ..... don’t know any of his other work. XXXX

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    1. Tom Stephenson22 August 2018 at 01:54

      I ran to turn off the radio when it was being serialised.

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  5. Jennifer21 August 2018 at 19:52

    The books always looked like total shit to me. I don't think I opened one of them the entire 7 years I worked at the bookstore.

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  6. Cro Magnon21 August 2018 at 20:54

    Maybe he's the reincarnation of Barbara Cartland.

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    1. Tom Stephenson22 August 2018 at 01:55

      I never read any B.C. but given the choice, I would over him.

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  7. potty21 August 2018 at 23:58

    I liked the radio serial Corduroy Mansions as there was a dog in it.

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    1. Tom Stephenson22 August 2018 at 01:58

      Is that the Scottish one? An insult to Scotland. He takes well-worn stereotypes of African or Scottish 'characters', then puts his own inane clichés into their mouths.

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    2. potty22 August 2018 at 07:08

      It went Woof! (Not McWoof!)

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  8. The Weaver of Grass22 August 2018 at 00:31

    I have never been a particular fan either Tom.

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    1. Tom Stephenson22 August 2018 at 01:58

      I'm pleased to hear that Weave, but you would have been forgiven.

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  9. MrsC (Maryanne)22 August 2018 at 01:26

    Thank goodness, i read about 50 pages of the Detective agency book that everyone seemed to love and put it down.

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