Comments on: Edward Docx: Self Help http://booklit.com/blog/2007/10/18/edward-docx-self-help/ a literary handout Thu, 17 May 2012 10:14:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Stewart http://booklit.com/blog/2007/10/18/edward-docx-self-help/#comment-5631 Stewart Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:01:59 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/10/18/edward-docx-self-help/#comment-5631 Apparently Edward Docx has won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for 2007. It is given to "that volume of verse or prose fiction first published originally in this country [the UK] during the two years preceding the year in which the award is given which is, in the opinion of the judges, of the greatest literary merit." Only applicable to writers under forty, and from the UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, or South Africa. Previous winners have included J.M. Coetzee, Julian Barnes, and David Mitchell. Apparently Edward Docx has won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for 2007. It is given to “that volume of verse or prose fiction first published originally in this country [the UK] during the two years preceding the year in which the award is given which is, in the opinion of the judges, of the greatest literary merit.” Only applicable to writers under forty, and from the UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, or South Africa. Previous winners have included J.M. Coetzee, Julian Barnes, and David Mitchell.

]]> By: jem http://booklit.com/blog/2007/10/18/edward-docx-self-help/#comment-245 jem Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:53:06 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/10/18/edward-docx-self-help/#comment-245 I guess it must be my thing - because I thought this was among my favourite Booker reads this year. But I can see how its a like it / loathe it kind of book. I agree with you - Docx like his characters is indulgent. I dont usually like that in a person - but now I'm wondering if I think / write like he does and perhaps thats why it appeals to me? Interesting idea - are we attracted to authors who write in a style similar or disimilar to our own? I guess it must be my thing - because I thought this was among my favourite Booker reads this year. But I can see how its a like it / loathe it kind of book.

I agree with you - Docx like his characters is indulgent. I dont usually like that in a person - but now I’m wondering if I think / write like he does and perhaps thats why it appeals to me?

Interesting idea - are we attracted to authors who write in a style similar or disimilar to our own?

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