Kiran Desai Wins NBCC Fiction Award
<p> Kiran Desai, author of THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS won the National Book Critic Circle’s fiction prize Friday night at the untelevised gala at the New School in NYC. Congratulations to Ms. Desai who was an underdog against what some might consider the usual literary suspects.
<p> Two days late? Time is standing still on my computer what with March Madness, Li’l Dubya in Uruguay ( neocon alert: let’s invade Uruguay. They thumb their noses at us. First, let’s grab a world atlas so we don’t invade Paraguay by mistake.) Hell, let’s invade both countries and combine the guays into an over 55 community with strict covenants.
<p> More tomorrow if the hands of time can be pushed, pulled, or bent into shape. In the meanwhile I remain 48 hours behind all the late breaking news.
<p> Earl update: he and Depew have entered the Java Sea. Looks like they’re taking turns rowing. They should reach Australia in time for the earl’s Down Under Tour featuring The Who and the Wellington Leg Chorale. Sorry, New Zealand: you’re out of luck.