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Drew Gummerson
Author of Me and Mickie James (Jonathan Cape) and The Lodger (GMP), and many stories here and there. Follow me at @drewgum. Seven Nights At The Flamingo Hotel is coming November 2020. Pre-order here https://www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 20
1967 "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you." The reemergence of the main in the bowler hat happened at a particularly troubling time. "Don't worry,"...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 19
The Third Translation. Zelig Krüger’s Diary. Pages 4, 5 & 6 Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. What developments there have been...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 18
The Second Translation. Zelig Krüger’s Diary. Pages 2 & 3 A library! The lift doors had opened and there it was. Although I had never seen one...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 17
Chapter 11. After having been so forcibly and humiliatingly expelled by McPhearson and his cronies I made my way back to the library, stopping only...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 16
Extract from The Ministry of Complaints The swoosh of air from the closing doors puffed out their candle and for several long moments they stood in...
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I've read the whole thing now
Posted on Thu, 02 Sep 2021
I've read the whole thing now. 70,000 words.
I couldn't remember if these characters from this prologue appeared in the rest of the book. And I'm pleased to say they do. Quite a lot.
I am also pleased to find out...
Read full commentPosted in The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir
Congratulations! This is our
Posted on Tue, 23 Mar 2021
Congratulations! This is our Facebook And Twitter Pick of the Day. Please retweet and share with a cup of tea.
Don't worry, the picture's not Stollen it's from...
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Excellent. Takes me back to
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021
Excellent. Takes me back to the time when I wrote endless letters to my friends
Read full commentPosted in Letters in the attic
That's a typical Sunday for
Posted on Sun, 16 Aug 2020
That's a typical Sunday for me. If you're struggling again, give me a shout. Loved the story, clearly.
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I'm really enjoying it but
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
I'm really enjoying it but finding it confusing too... I don't think it's supposed to be clear, it's that sense of not knowing how it all fits together that carries it forward.
Read full commentPosted in Pins (21)
Brilliant. Can you set it to
Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2020
Brilliant. Can you set it to music and sing it at the next ABC event.
Read full commentPosted in She Fingered Me Every Night
Good, isn't it? I've not got
Posted on Fri, 15 May 2020
Good, isn't it? I've not got to end yet but I will.
Read full commentPosted in Lost Dog 8
I will. The problem is I'm
Posted on Thu, 12 Mar 2020
I will. The problem is I'm reading WG Sebald. Who writes in very long dense, brilliant, sentences. And all these stories initially were started after reading Camilla Grudova. I dream of being these people and in the end it comes out sounding like...
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Love this.
Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021
Love this.
Read full commentPosted in What is Buried at Thresholds
I loved those annuals.
Posted on Thu, 07 Oct 2021
I loved those annuals.
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