... The original line, which he uses in his novel 'Albert Angelo', was "Like a firy elephant". The child probably meant 'furry' or 'fairy', but Coe chose to interpret it as the equally apt 'fiery'.
6. The subtitle is "The Story of B. S. Johnson" (even though Johnson thought telling stories ... Read review
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Advantages: A fitting monument to a literary giant Disadvantages: Will appeal only to a limited audience
...a Johnson play - "human like the rest of them."
As a result, there is a wry scepticism in some of Coe's humorous asides. For example, quoting an overwrought early poem full of virgins and unicorns, Coe asks "is anything really being recorded here, apart from Johnson's frustration at not being allowed inside somebody's pants for several weeks?"
Having devoted such a chunk of his life to Johnson, I think Coe is entitled to such a robust attitude. ... ...it, I imagine they would, like me, first seek out Johnson's novels (four are still in print, three in an omnibus edition). Plausibly, those interested in literary biography as a genre would read it too. Coe wrestles with biographical conventions throughout the book. Much of it relies on verbatim extracts. He makes sardonic asides to the reader ("No flicking forward by the way, this is a bound object, a work of 'enforced consecutiveness' not some ...
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