Another Bloody Love Letter

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I'm reading Another Bloody Love Letter, by Anthony Loyd. He's this war journalist with a heroin addiction. It's a great read, though he uses a lot of war terms that I don't understand. And is going around inside countries with names I don't recognize, which gets a little confusing. The best part though is his writing. He's excellent. My favourite line so far:

"There is nothing like the scene of a war crime in the empty apres-killing silence in which to feel the reverberation of evil, as if the act itself causes a rip in the ether, allowing space for it to echo on devolved from the march of time."

Not too shabby!

 

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Posted May 16th, 2008 by EmilyKendy

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Re: Another Bloody Love Letter

The name of the book and author and that quote all make me want to read this.


Fri, 05/16/2008 - 17:43

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Re: Another Bloody Love Letter

so it's hunter s thompson in afghanistan instead of vegas?


Fri, 05/16/2008 - 21:06

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Re: Another Bloody Love Letter

I'm really not working today. Technically I'm at work, but...

No, he's not really like Hunter S. Thompson. He's not full-blown like Thompson, more subtle, much more conflicted, a little more professional (a lot more professional). He's like the everyman version.

I also like what he says about being in Kosovo and trying to tell the West what was going on over there. He said, at the time, it was hard to get anyone to listen to him and the other journalists becuase it was during the Monica/Bill debacle and trying to get media attention was like "yelling into a bucket of wet sand."

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Fri, 05/16/2008 - 21:18