Better Than Friday - 340 (Patreon)

Hello everyone, how goes? About to finish the last chapter of Michael Herr's Dispatches - quite a book. Review coming asap. Hope ya'll are well and having a nice evening, thank you so much for your continued support.

Book to read: Memoirs From Beyond the Grave by François-René de Chateaubriand (Paid Link)Disclosure: this book's publisher, NYRB (New York Review Books) sometimes sends me free books for review.This was a gift from my longtime viewer Seneca - What looks like an astounding autobiography of a Frenchman from an aristocratic family who describes, among other things, living through the start of the French Revolution. You've gotta read the description of this one. This is part 1 of 3 volumes.

"Meetings With Georges Perec" from INA ArchiveGreat video of an exceptional author discussing his book Things: A Story of the Sixties, which was the novel that heavily inspired the book I recently reviewed, Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, as well as his novel Life: A User's Manual.

The Disappearance of Sean Flynn

The tragic story of Sean Flynn, the son of Errol Flynn, who is a character in Dispatches. Here's the last footage of Flynn.

María La O by Orquestra Siboney de Alfredo BritoThis was a track I loved in my early 20s that got stuck in my head the other day. Took a minute to find again, glad I was able to. Here's the version with vocals by the Lecuona Cuban Boys.

Man Carrying Thing - every person who is "getting into books"Had a laugh at this one. The St. Pete Pier