18 Apr 2023

What I'm reading ...

I have started The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz. I have seen her on TV and enjoyed her banter. I’ll be seeing her live in a few days, so I am getting prepared. Here’s the blurb:

Lebowitz turns her trademark caustic wit to the vicissitudes of life - from children ('rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money') to landlords ('it is the solemn duty of every landlord to maintain an adequate supply of roaches'). And her attitude to work is the perfect antidote to our exhausting culture of self-betterment ('3.40pm. I consider getting out of bed. I reject the notion as being unduly vigorous. I read and smoke a bit more').

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