SOUNDTRACK: NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
[READ: Summer 2021] Ok, Let’s Do Your Stupid Idea
I saw this book at work and loved the title. I actually assumed it was a novel. I’d never heard of Patrick Freyne and had no idea who he was. In fact, by the time I’d read the first few essays I still had no idea who he was. And that didn’t really matter all that much.
I suppose if you know him as a features journalist for The Irish Times, you would have some preconceived notions of what to expect. But I tend to like “memoirs” by unknown-to-me people better than those by celebrities. This is even addressed in the Preface. His best friend says
“If I was going to read a book about someone’s life, it would be someone like Julius Caesar or Napoleon or some famous general”
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“You know there’s a whole genre of work that’s basically memoir writing,” I say. “People who aren’t particularly famous witting about their lives.”
“Really? Are you sure?”
That made me a little nervous abut going in but I figured if he put that in, it would probably all be pretty funny. (more…)
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