JANUARY EVENTS
7PM WEDNESDAY 17TH JANUARY
PETER CAREY
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( riiey goes the, fxusticilicin ()Ull()V/ Ned Kelly ri JOI(.C so Wild, passionate
(llt(l Original that it is impossible not to believe the fcimOUS bushranger is speaking to you from beyond the grave
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG GROUPS AT BORDERS
CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAMME
Classes every Monday and Wednesday 5.30pm & 7.30pm
7.30PM THURSDAY 1 ITH 8. 18TH JANUARY PEOTRY WRITING GROUP
6.30PM TUESDAY 9TH JANUARY
THE GLASGOW CLUB IN AID or MAGGIE’S CENTRES
LANGUAGE CAFES
7-9PM MONDAY 8TH JANUARY Spanish Language Cafe with Monica Bedregal
7-9PM MONDAY 15TH JANUARY German Language Cafe with Goethe Institut Glasgow
7-9PM MONDAY 29TH JANUARY French Language Cafe with Alliance Francoise De Glasgow
6.45PM WEDNESDAY 3l ST JANUARY
SCIENCE FICTION/ ' FANTASY OUIZ
7.30PM WEDNESDAY 3T ST JANUARY
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY DISCUSSION GROUP
CHILDREN’S
STORYTIME EVERY SATURDAY I lAM
SUNDAY 28TH JANUARY
LOOKING AFTER PETS IN GLASGOW
Fiona from People's Dispensary for Sick Animals talks about some of her more unusual cases and brings in some of her favourite animals.
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BOOKS REVIEW continued
FAMILY THRILLER
Russell Celyn Jones urface Tension (Abacus £9.99l
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You probably kncm someone like this book's narrator Thii'tysomething Mark ambles through life, working in a low- paid J()l) (hospital porteri, taking night classes at college, renting a small inner city flat, dreaming of a relationship With a woman Mark's an OK guy, happy enough He gets along with his parents who are miserable in suburbia and is close to his older sister Geena, who's a more apathetic. version of himself
But this unremarkable status guo isn't gorng to last Geena begins havrrig hallucmations white light, the sea, her parents voices around the time Natasha, a high finance executive With a raft of emotional problems breaks into Mark and Caeena’s lives These events are the catalyst for the unveiling of some family secrets and lies
You’re probably also familiar with the facade of family life Households are full of skeletons in closets, and that's what Jones explores in this page- turning domestic mystery (Miles Fielder)
EROTIC TRAVELOGUE Candida Clark The Constant Eye (Vintage £6.99)
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You know how it happens, you're on a train and a devastatingly attractive
manna" sis ac'oss ‘rom tau who chats 'o' a e :, flirts "or a hm, thee drags \Ou eff te the to: e: for a Clll'c‘. shag
We a be ‘orgmee ‘o: thinking that t" s as some gian‘n‘red-un porn , t“ a" 'lTltlct atheist that cauld lic‘iuc‘ I‘Oc‘l‘ ll’iec‘. silctiglti O‘cl'c OI Illt‘ pages or a jar: mag Despite this oienwse, The Constant E; e is an .r‘tens‘e, horny, brief encounter, not so much a 'ollercoaster more a helter ske'ter tl‘rotic1liaclat and nzght in Paris between tv. o people who meet in tlc‘ll‘i3‘:
\“iritten entireiy from the male perspec LiH‘, Candida Clark scrabbles around in the dark recesses of the male psyche unearthing frustration, Jealousy, rage, insecurity but also a caring sensititity
A voyeuristic and oddly enticing read, The Constant fie sc rutinises male perceptions of ‘.'.()lllt‘fl and themselves and binds them up in an alluring, constantly breathless dialogue (Mark Robertson)
BLACK COMEDIES
David Foster Wallace
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (Abacus £6.99) * i t a,
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Brief with Hideous
Through a collection of prose snapshots from the misanthropic modern male's inner thoughts and outer veneers, DaVid Foster Wallace composes a worryingly powerful exploration of the morbid over- analysis, sexual repres3ion and auto- erotic narcissism of the modern-day Wa n k e r‘
Of course, the inherent irony of his predicament as a writer and voyeur doesn't escape Wallace, in one case, what must surely rank as one of the largest footnotes in modern literature represents an admirably honest piece of authorial self—conteriipt Memorable examples include autobiographic tales of contemptuous, faecally-fascrnated sons of tailet attendants, a young misogynist With a malformed arm which he uses to manipulate ‘pussy' and a Graduate-esgue poolside Vignette of the anti-soaal bubble of the adolescent male
Yet somehow, this all ends up being funny, too However, such is the ingenioust crafted gut-wrenching revulsion Wallace inspires, y0u might not be able to put it down, but y0u sure won’t be laughing. (Olly Lassman)