I read Muriel Spark's children's book The Very Fine Clock. This is a very sweet little book with detailed illustrations which I think imaginative little children would love. Not very much happens at all, yet Spark creates a whole world occupied by Ticky the clock and his owner the professor.
Then I read the script of The Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter Shaffer. This is an earlier work by the author of Equus. Here is a review of a recent revival, directed by Trevor Nunn. The plot concerns Pizarro's conquest of the Inca empire, and it raises many questions about colonialism, religion, life and death ... all the important themes! I preferred Equus though which was more about the individual.
Day 195; Book 192
Cat helps tenants catch 17 mice while maintenance keeps making excuses so
they deliver evidence during peak touring hours and watch the landlord
scramble: ‘We could hear her SCREAMING at the maintenance guy about his
request’
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Cats have always moonlighted as furry landlord supervisors, delivering
progress reports in the form of deceased rodents with the professionalism
of quali...
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