Mercier And Camier And Faber And Me
Faber have begun to publish their series of the complete works of Beckett in newly edited editions and in a "unified design". And they look good. Rhys Tranter, who runs the wonderful A Piece Of Monologue site has kindly tipped me off that on the back of the new edition of Mercier And Camier is a quote from me. This is a lovely thing. It makes me feel quite pleased with myself. No no, Sam, please, don’t thank me, I’m happy to help.
I’d like to think that Faber have used me in an attempt to appeal to a younger, hipper audience. It’s more likely that I’m the only writer who’s ever bothered to write anything about Mercier And Camier and they had no choice. The quote is from an article I wrote for The Guardian ages ago, and you can read it in full here .
June 12th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
I remember that article. It was one of the first things of yours I read. It was one of the first things of yours that I read. It was one of the first of your things I read. Much worse. It was one of the things of yours I read first. Wow. It was one the first things I remember reading, of yours. This is just. Oh my. Of your things, it was one of the first I remember reading. No. Your things! I remember reading this one of them first. I remember that article first of the things of yours that I read one of. Article, thing, read, first, yours. Me. You.