a nice piece of haggis
Scottie Bowman (bowman@mail.indigo.ie)
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 13:03:39 +0000
Tim has told us he wants quietness & loving kindness.
Being a guest in his house, I must comply. Pity. It's not
really my style. Am I allowed just a couple of responses ?
The books "Malcs" questions are indeed a source of great
embarassment to me. It wasn't just good manners - always
my strong point - that prevented me from flogging either them
or my personal CV all over a list devoted to another writer.
(Though I did reluctantly & privately supply details to one or two
interested members.) It was the awareness of what absolute
tripe they are. How many of *you* would like your juvenilia
spread out before the mocking eyes of the world ? All those
wonderful reviews, all that flattery by household names... they
have done absolutely nothing to allay my deep shame at inflicting
such piffle on an innocent public.
In mitigation, I can only say that the next two, now in course
of construction, will go some way to undo the offence. I can
already see Jerome's eyes filming over with a greenish tinge
when they reach the stores.
In the meanwhile, "Malcs", I can only offer my posts to the list
as evidence of that menacingly potent talent which so many others
have detected beneath my friendly & benign surface.
Scottie B. - who, like your own Dorothy Parker, has always found
himself fwowing up when weeding Mistah Milne.