After
the Big Book Purge of 2012 I reordered the books on my shelves. I have a
shelf of my favourite books, and a shelf of books to read next.
The
books I’ve been taking to hospital with me have included books from
both shelves. I’’ve noticed there is a theme to the shelf of favourite
books: New York Novels.
The
Group, Salinger’s stories, The Bell Jar, Revolutionary Road, Turn
Magic Circle, the writings of Dorothy Parker and Mae West.
New
York is familiar to me because of the way it is presented in popular
culture: Simon and Garfunkel songs, Woody Allen films, Seinfeld, Sex and
the City, Mad Men. I’ve bought myself a little map of New York and, as
I’m reading, I’m plotting where my characters go.
I’m finding this strangely comforting. And no, I’ve never been to New York.
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