Nice to see an early review of the new Gabriel Josipovici titles [via This Space]:
"Despite his reputation for formidable modernist impenetrability, these are effortlessly readable and charming works. They are written almost exclusively in dialogue, frequently of the frothy, cocktail-party sort. Josipovici is especially good not only when gently satirising the self-regard, banality and indirection of such chit-chat, but also in recognising that this is the only way we have of finding out about those we do not know, and unlocking the secrets of those we do."
I'm currently reviewing After & Making Mistakes for The Independent and I'm sure TLS will be reviewing it. Equally different and the same in a multitude of ways, Gabriel Josipovici is up there with JG Ballard for me; our two most necessary writers.
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