Blaise mentioned the book a few weeks back so I (finally) picked up a copy of The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
from my local comic book store and had opportunity to read it and, lemme tell ya, it’s brilliant. It tells two stories at once: our protagonist remembers being a child at his grandfather’s seaside arcade and a handful of events one particular season and, at the same time, shows us a Punch and Judy play. The stories interweave and overlap and melt together the way that childhood memories do. I’m haunted by the story the way that I’m haunted by Punch and Judy.
I’m also getting ready for Bookclub this week, where we’re watching two episodes from Season 2: “Night of Desirable Objects” and “Fracture”.
So… what are you reading and/or watching?
Catching up on episodes of the Legend of Korra and Fringe online, alternating between Psych and Game of Thrones in the DVD player, finished reading The Demon Under the Microscope (about sulfa drug discoveries in the 20s and 30s), read A Dangerous Woman (graphic biography of Emma Goldman), started reading In the Sly Company of People Who Care (novel set in Guyana, nice language, no idea what it’s about yet).
tl;dr: IT IS SO NICE NOT BEING IN SCHOOL FOR A BIT.