tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post4425842519424722888..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Whatever happened to Timothy Mo?Steerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-35338470361014051102012-01-18T18:06:28.537+00:002012-01-18T18:06:28.537+00:00Mo has a new novel out in April. Here's a quot...Mo has a new novel out in April. Here's a quote from the Guardian:<br /><br /><i>Pure by Timothy Mo (Turnaround). The three-times Booker-shortlisted author of Sour Sweet has had a volatile relationship with publishers and editors, turning to self-publishing in the past. For his first novel in over a decade, set in Thailand, he's teamed up with a small London distribution company. The key attraction of his new publisher? He answers the phone: "None of this 'he's in a meeting', which is like 'your cheque's in the post'."</i>Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-38814627639464853432012-01-18T00:49:23.184+00:002012-01-18T00:49:23.184+00:00I just posted about the mysterious case of Timothy...I just posted about the mysterious case of Timothy Mo on Huffington Post<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-benhorin/timothy-mo-is-missing-tho_b_1209218.html<br /><br />Brownout is quite a wonderful book, by the way.dbenhorinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548412305545114137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-77287136326359553552011-07-15T21:51:19.921+00:002011-07-15T21:51:19.921+00:00Isn't the point that no publisher would accept...Isn't the point that no publisher would accept the'Brownout' novel because of the coprophilia? <br /><br />To then create a company to publish it (I think it was that way round) called 'Paddleless Creek Publishing' is to push the joke too far. It put me off reading anything else by him; a shame perhaps. <br />Sour Sweet was electrifyingly good, as I remember.<br /><br />Mark Revellemark revellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-32112317580444700912011-04-20T18:10:29.610+00:002011-04-20T18:10:29.610+00:00Must say, The Redundancy of Courage is one of the ...Must say, The Redundancy of Courage is one of the finest novels I've ever read, but the novel he published after Brown Out on Breadfruit Boulevard, with the equally unwieldy title Renegade, or Halo2, is also superb.John Anthony Lakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-30343629870984549192010-09-08T14:06:22.031+00:002010-09-08T14:06:22.031+00:00That's a good question. His website gives very...That's a good question. His website gives very little away and he doesn't appear to have published anything for ten years - a great pity.<br /><br />Perhaps he's just financially solvent and enjoying life too much to slave over another novel.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-85409318369905705632010-09-08T12:59:46.745+00:002010-09-08T12:59:46.745+00:00I love Timothy Mo's work. Does anyone know wha...I love Timothy Mo's work. Does anyone know what is happening now with his work?Raymond Ballyhttp://raymondbally.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-58541122778311673312008-08-13T00:53:00.000+00:002008-08-13T00:53:00.000+00:00My Dad read Sour Sweet in the 1980s, and kept on t...My Dad read <I>Sour Sweet</I> in the 1980s, and kept on talking about it for a few years afterwards. I think it's that one in which the police are memorably described as "official bandits".The Silver Eelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615661656637047142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-34400700415256983452008-06-21T14:17:00.000+00:002008-06-21T14:17:00.000+00:00Ah yes, the notorious coprophilia element - it cer...Ah yes, the notorious coprophilia element - it certainly put me off my marmite sandwiches.<BR/><BR/>That aspect of the novel was frequently mentioned in reviews, so maybe that had as much to do with the poor sales as anything else.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-6358257396925079402008-06-21T09:43:00.000+00:002008-06-21T09:43:00.000+00:00Um, have you read the opening paragraph of Brownou...Um, have you read the opening paragraph of Brownout? - As the shower of shit rained down on him - as I remember it, is how it begins.JonathanMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14282373784021642208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-77885900239307080242008-06-19T20:09:00.000+00:002008-06-19T20:09:00.000+00:00A timely reminder. Well, not timely exactly, sinc...A timely reminder. Well, not timely exactly, since as you point out Mo is nowhere to be seen these days, but amazing how quickly the literary hot stuff can congeal.<BR/><BR/>Actually it is timely, with the ever-growing ranks of self-published authors who think they can make it on their own and they <EM>haven't</EM> won awards and had earlier books published by big name houses.<BR/><BR/>Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I refer you to Martin Amis's passages on vanity presses in his novel <EM>The Information</EM> which are too lengthy to reprint here but funny - and sad - as hell.John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.com