TheManWhoFellAsleep says...

Victoria emailed themanwhofellasleep with our feedback and queries and this is what he said:

"I'm very pleased the book went down so well at your bookclub. I was also nervous, although probably not as nervous as you were. It was very brave of you - if they thought it was shit, they'd have slaughtered you.I'm surprised that the girls didn't like the lack of narrative. But I suppose their minds have been ruined by chick-lit.

As far as I know, the book has always been on sale in normal bookshops, but it seems a bit hit and miss - some places have it and some don't. The sales have improved a bit since the Lauren Laverne show, but not astronomically. I suspect it's the kind of book that will spread slowly by word of mouth...As for Julie Burchill... I emailed her ages ago about something on my website and we kept in touch. When I was in Brighton, she took me to dinner and offered to write a foreward if I ever did a book."

July's book

Great to see newer faces return and another new face join us. Robin did this month's shortlist and a jolly good one it was too.

1. The Possibility of an Island Michel Houllebccq
2. Lunar Park Bret Easton Ellis
3. The White Hotel DM Thomas
4. Enough is Enough: or The Emergency Government Mark Lawson
5. State of the Union Douglas Kennedy

And the winner (and I attribute this to Robin mentioning 'if you want an easy read'!!)

State of the Union Douglas Kennedy

(Incidentally, I went out the next day and spent a book voucher on The Possibility of an Island which looks great, and The Fahrenheit Twins by Michel Faber. It must have been a day for authors named Michel.)

Started Labrynth by Kate Mosse this morning at 5.30am. I'd been having a terrible night's sleep, and got suitably engrossed to calm down and get some shut-eye.

Hope you all enjoy the book...