Lewis Crofts – unashamed plug

Lewis is a great friend of mine. For the past few years he’s been shying away from his responsibilities in the pub and writing a book. It must be good because somebody’s publishing it.

I read a very early draft version and it was a revelation (unblinkered and unbiaised product review). Any novel that has the word “syphilis” in the first sentence is alright by me.

It’s the embellished biography of dirty old painter Egon Schiele, protegé of Klimt and imprisoned for creating porn. It charts his father’s insanity, his suppressed lust for his sister and a fair bit of homo-erotic fumbling with famous characters from an age gone by.

The publication date isn’t until next year, but you can be guaranteed to get a pristine first edition, bound to be worth a fortune, by pre-ordering NOW your copy of The Pornographer of Vienna. Click away.

(He doesn’t know this yet, but he’ll be doing free beer and personalised book signings for anybody who shows up at his signing event in Brussels next spring.)

Once you’ve done that, swing on by and visit lewiscrofts.com

12/22/2006 | Belgium, Omphaloskepsis | No Comments

Brussels author’s sexcapades revealed

For the first and last time, I’ve got the painters in. The stress is palpable. Girls, I feel your pain.

Speaking of pain, I put my back out at the weekend shifting sixty-odd boxes up and down the street “to save the removals men the trouble”. Tsk. Thankfully the Chelsea Tractor (which still doesn’t fit in the garage) is a beast and stood up to the task.

I’ve been getting a bit of grief for being an urban 4×4 owner. I say stop beefing. I only use it to go to the shops. Not much environmentally unfriendly about that.

Mrs K turns thirty on Friday. We’re going to New York to celebrate. Unlike The Author, who got lucky, I’m not sure I’ll have my stay catalogued in any glossy magazines …

In other news, since the untimely demise of The Sprout, to which yours truly occasionally contributed, I’ve noticed this little blog has sprung up. Could it be the same people? Made me laugh anyway …

09/25/2006 | Omphaloskepsis | No Comments

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