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Less Than Zero: Bret Easton Ellis
Monday, March 15th, 2010by The Great White Gypsy I’ve been meaning to get into Bret Easton Ellis’ work for a long time now. Actually, since I saw American Psycho for the first time. But for some reason, his name never entered my head whilst browsing my local Borders. That finally changed last week, and I picked up a […]
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Book of The Monthish
Saturday, March 13th, 2010At sexy gypsy, we love books just as much as we love film and music. This is why we started a words section, where we could share a bit about what we’re reading. This year, we’ve decided to take it a step further—the sexy gypsy Book of the Monthish.
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: From Page to Screen
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010by The Great White Gypsy I am a David Foster Wallace groupie. There, I said it. The man has a fairly small body of work; aside from magazine articles, he only wrote two novels and four short story/essay collections before committing suicide in 2008. Even so, he had already established himself as a genius of […]
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Infinite Summer
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Summer is in full swing. The sun’s coming out more, people are busting out the shorts and flip-flops, the girls are rocking the sundresses. Summer is great. And if you’re anything like me, no matter how much time you spend outside, you need a good book with you while you’re getting a tan and pretending […]
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An Underachiever's Diary: Benjamin Anastas (1999)
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009by The Great White Gypsy This is a short book about the older of two identical twins. William is just as intelligent as his brother, Clive, but doesn’t apply himself, or go through the standard Freudian stages of childhood with the same speed and grace as his twin. His parents are pop-developmental psychology followers, and […]
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Wonder Boys (1995): Michael Chabon
Monday, April 13th, 2009by The Great White Gypsy Yeah, I know, you can’t hear that title without singing Tenacious D’s catchy song. It’s all I heard in my head for the week I was reading this book, though I tried not to let it detract from the story. As with most of his novels, Michael Chabon’s story in […]
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