You Should Buy This Book.
Velociman (a/k/a Kim Crawford) published his first novel.
Few people can turn a phrase better than V-Man. Indeed his prose always manages to convince me that my time spent at the computer keyboard might be better spent doing something else. Although his writing covers the waterfront, he can perform a verbal evisceration better than anyone I know. A while back he wrote a post about the “Red Hat Ladies,†which resulted in the ladies of the Red Hat Society taking out a contract on his ass. [Sorry, the search feature on his blog appears not to be working.] He also wrote a piece that managed to engender the ire and ridicule of big time blogger of the Atlantic Monthly Major Knucklehead, Andrew Sullivan [he gets no link from me], a badge of distinction.
Most recently, he had one of his posts quoted extensively at Salon.com.
I ordered the book, and I am anxiously waiting for my copy to arrive in the mail. I just know it will be an ass-kicking read.
In the interest of full disclosure, I should point out that I have known V-Man for more than five years. I have supped with him in a civilized manner in a Jersey restaurant and have been in his company for several blogmeets, all in Southern venues. On one memorable occasion, he helped me down a steep flight of stairs and into the passenger seat of a car after I had suffered severe ataxia as a result of my tangling ass with homemade “Georgia wine.†As such, I’d buy the damned book even if it were written in Sanskrit.
Look, just buy the farookin’ book. If you don’t like it, it will make a handy place to park your drink while you read something else.
Yes, I must order it. Thank you for reminding me. I spotted the news a couple of days ago when I didn’t have time to stop and order right then… so naturally I forgot. My lamentable memory.
Comment by Teresa — August 6, 2009 @ 10:14 pm
Thanks for the endorsement, and the remembrance of things past, Jimmy. Just curious: you don’t recall what happened in that car after I got you in there? Good, good.
Comment by Velociman — August 7, 2009 @ 5:01 am
http://www.velociworld.com/Velociblog/Oldvelocity/000169.html
The comments are still priceless.
Comment by firefly — August 7, 2009 @ 11:25 am
OMG – thanks firefly… I forgot about some of those comments. ROFLMAO.
I always laugh til I cry when I get to the chick who has no idea who Blanche DuBois is… thinks he means one of the Golden Girls with the name spelled wrong… Sorry that set me off laughing yet again.
Comment by Teresa — August 7, 2009 @ 11:24 pm
Can’t wait ’til he’s a really famous author so I can brag about how “I knew him back when he was writing about ****-mummies.”
Comment by zonker — August 8, 2009 @ 2:12 am
I ordered a hard copy even though I have several drafts in electronic form. Kim is a twisted genius, and I can guarantee that his book will have you laughing until you bleed from both ends.
Comment by Elisson — August 8, 2009 @ 8:36 am