The Book of Fame by Lloyd Jones is one of those weird books where you cannot separate fact from fiction. Based on the Originals Tour of the UK, by way of France and America it's a snapshot (or more rightly hundreds of little snapshots) of Rugby, Kiwi Life and the dawning realisation that New Zealanders are a people to be reckoned with on and off the field.
National Identity by way of a game of Rugby. Sounds sad, but is not. Thanks to Steve, by way of Paul who loaned the book to me after being loaned it quite some time ago.
Really enjoyed this book and it reminded me in style of Nicholson Baker's Human Smoke, but with an infinitely better aftertaste.
Next Week expect great things or prepare to be connected to something - we'll see.
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