Comments on: FRIDAY FLASH: Sixty-seven parrots

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:46:45 +0000

Fun. I didn’t think they were threatening parrots – this reminded me of Jonathan Carroll, and the way he imjects little pieces of magic into everyday life.

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Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:07:15 +0000

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By: Martin McGrath

Martin McGrath — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:17:03 +0000

Justin: Stop it, now you’re scaring me!

GLP: Coupland? Well I have just started The Gum Thief.

By: GLP

GLP — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:35:20 +0000

An irresistable title. Who could see that and *not* want to read the rest, to find out what it means?

I didn’t take the birds as menacing. As I read it i thought they were something strange but beautiful that had unexpectedly fallen into the narrator’s life, to show him something bright and amazing that makes him question everything about his life, his work… Or maybe I’ve been reading too much Douglas Coupland?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:29:32 +0000

The parrots?

By: Martin McGrath

Martin McGrath — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:14:23 +0000

See, now I never even thought of the Hitchcock thing – I was thinking whimsy.
Maybe they’re right. Maybe the author really is dead.
But then who is writing this?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:40:50 +0000

A slightly more exotic Hitchcock?

Ominous.

By: ShaunCG

ShaunCG — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:41:25 +0000

I spotted a couple of parakeets whilst in London over Christmas – first time I’d chanced across them in the wild (well… London).