tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post8828387650346932022..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Claude Houghton. I am Jonathan Scrivener (1930)Bookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-40452462326713420852012-02-28T10:24:10.516+00:002012-02-28T10:24:10.516+00:00Thanks Nigel - he is completely new to me and now ...Thanks Nigel - he is completely new to me and now on the list to read - and Gareth that indeed sounds very probable.<br /><br />'metaphysical thrillers' makes for a great virtual shelf on which you could put John Franklin Bardin (Denis Healey's favourite novelist), Charles Williams and Geoffrey Household and others.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-45859261903489591592012-02-26T02:00:54.337+00:002012-02-26T02:00:54.337+00:00Good point Gareth. It had also crossed my mind as ...Good point Gareth. It had also crossed my mind as I had read Bartleby the Scrivener at college. It is a tragedy (Ah Bartleby, Ah Humanity) which Houghton's novel isn't really but I feel CH must have read it --unless he preferred not to! NBookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-80575655334844311002012-02-25T23:01:26.763+00:002012-02-25T23:01:26.763+00:00The way in which Scrivener is described by his fri...The way in which Scrivener is described by his friends reminds me of the various reactions Bartleby in Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener." I wonder if Houghton's choice of name was a deliberate bow to Melville.Garethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-7220472350550142522012-02-25T20:42:19.383+00:002012-02-25T20:42:19.383+00:00Was Scrivener a snow sled?Was Scrivener a snow sled?Tim Mayerhttp://www.z7hq.comnoreply@blogger.com