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Phil Jourdan
Phil Jourdan is an author and musician from Portugal living in the UK.In 2007 he formed the lit-rock band, Paris and the Hiltons. Their music merges many styles, from rock to jazz to electronic to classical, and often takes as its inspiration various modernist literary figures.His memoir, Praise... show more

Phil Jourdan is an author and musician from Portugal living in the UK.In 2007 he formed the lit-rock band, Paris and the Hiltons. Their music merges many styles, from rock to jazz to electronic to classical, and often takes as its inspiration various modernist literary figures.His memoir, Praise of Motherhood, revolves around the hardships his late mother endured in trying to cope with her aggressive adolescent son.He founded and ran Perfect Edge Books, co-founded LitReactor.com, and is now editor at Repeater Books and the science fiction and fantasy press, Angry Robot.
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Caleb J. Ross' booklikes rated it 12 years ago
I read an early version of this collection, What Precision, Such Restraint, a few years ago, during which time I must have been drunk, since though I recall enjoying the collection I don’t remember it being so front-loaded with genius.I want to focus on the amazing story, “That Lombardi Thing” which...
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Caleb J. Ross' booklikes rated it 12 years ago
Far too many author interview books feel so self-involved and seem to serve only the authors themselves. This one is different. Authors talk about writing in a way that downplays their own work in a refreshing way. In fact, the actual interviewer isn't even disclosed (simply referred to as The Goat)...
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