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1. Who is/are your favourite author(s)?

Henry Miller
Hubert Selby Jr.
Oscar Wilde

2. And your least favourite?

Bret Easton Ellis

EDIT: Actually, you know what, **** it. Nathaniel Hawthorne. I think I'd rather soak my balls in ice water (and I'm not into that) while reading Ellis's first novel than read another Hawthorne book.

3. What is your preferred genre to read?

Historical Non-fiction

4. What is/are the best book(s) you ever read?*

Tough to say. Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer', Richard Nixon's Memoirs, and perhaps Moby Dick. Can't forget Celine's 'Journey to the End of the Night' and Mailer's 'The Naked and the Dead'.

5. And the worst?*

Bret Easton Ellis's 'Less Than Zero' - and the Great Gatsby gets an honorable mention given its fanfare.

6. Who do you believe gets more credit than they should as an author?

Hemingway. Love some of his books but....come on.

7. What determines, generally, if you stop reading/lose interest in a book?

If I find it to become a chore or an obligation rather than something that genuinely feels enjoyable to do.


8. Do you have a Kindle/reader and if not, do you ever intend to get one?

I do have a Kindle, but rarely ever use it anymore. I'm more of a fan of physical books, but occasionally I'll read digital copies on a Macbook.

9. How large (approximately) is your book collection (to the nearest hundred, say)

Geez, at this point? Probably around 700 books. I've got pylons of them stacked in my closets due to lack of bookshelf space. My wife is staunchly against me getting anymore until we buy a house.

10. What is the best line you ever read in a book?

"Call me Ishmael".

11. What is/are your favourite non-fiction book(s)? *

Nixon's memoirs, Warlord: Tojo Against the World, Berg's "Wilson" biography, Idi Amin Dada: Hitler in Africa

12. What book(s) have you never read, but would like to?*

The Brothers Karamazov
War and Peace
Mein Kampf
The Holy Bible
The Quran
Gulag Archipelago
In Search of Lost Time
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