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Gill applies his acerbity on Sudan, India, Cuba, Germany and California, uncovering the personality of each place much as he does with his celebrity interviewees (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER )
(Gill) never fails to write with power and wit (LONELY PLANET MAGAZINE )
Describing each location with equal wonder, he makes Morris dancers sound as exotic as Madagascan tribes (SHORTLIST )
Whatever his methods, not many writers can so succinctly drill down into a destination...punctuated with thoughts and ideas pulsating with wisdom (Peter Myers BUSINESS TRAVELLER REUTERS )
If you like travel, brilliant writing and truly original thinking, then join the queue. (Alice B-B VANITY FAIR )
As this collection of stories shows, few writers can get under the skin of a place as evocatively or effectively. (Peter Moore WANDERLUST )
A highly diverting collection (GOOD BOOK GUIDE )
(Gill) never fails to write with power and wit (LONELY PLANET MAGAZINE )
Describing each location with equal wonder, he makes Morris dancers sound as exotic as Madagascan tribes (SHORTLIST )
Whatever his methods, not many writers can so succinctly drill down into a destination...punctuated with thoughts and ideas pulsating with wisdom (Peter Myers BUSINESS TRAVELLER REUTERS )
If you like travel, brilliant writing and truly original thinking, then join the queue. (Alice B-B VANITY FAIR )
As this collection of stories shows, few writers can get under the skin of a place as evocatively or effectively. (Peter Moore WANDERLUST )
A highly diverting collection (GOOD BOOK GUIDE )
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A new collection of dazzling travel pieces from SUNDAY TIMES journalist and critic A.A. GILL.
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"A.A. Gill is Further Away" is a marvellous book which I intend to re-read. Most of A A Gill'S books are better on second and even third reading.His sentences have so many meanings that you miss at least half of them the first time around. Gill creates images and definitions that strike you like lightning. He shows in a new ligth whatever he casts his eyes on. A journalist? He has great intelligence, skill and emotional range - his sentences live. He is to my mind one of the best living writers. Everythign he writes is a pleasure to read, and more often than not, it gives the reader the thrill of gaining new insights. I read and re-read him for inspiration.
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Hemingway started as a journalist, and went on to be a legendary writer of 'proper' books.
Gill remains the greatest living English-language journalist. (His fiction tends to be either laboured or a bit showy-offy).
This collection does show him as having mellowed a bit, but nobody can stay angry forever! I'm a writer, and reading his stuff always makes me want to become a civil servant, or take up knitting. His research is intense, and his syntax glitters and sparkles...and yet in a sentence he can reduce you to tears.
His best yet, in my view.
Gill remains the greatest living English-language journalist. (His fiction tends to be either laboured or a bit showy-offy).
This collection does show him as having mellowed a bit, but nobody can stay angry forever! I'm a writer, and reading his stuff always makes me want to become a civil servant, or take up knitting. His research is intense, and his syntax glitters and sparkles...and yet in a sentence he can reduce you to tears.
His best yet, in my view.
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I think Gill is mellowing.
5 Feb 2012
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I had high hopes for this-- ordered it from England, in fact, since it's not yet out here in the States. And while it is quite good, it lacks the sharp edge of some of his earlier works. This is a more nostalgic, adult, thoughtful Gill. The writing is still captivating, but while the title says he's further away, it seems like he's starting to stay closer to home.
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