JM, Tiffany, 4.24.08
Tiffany is one of my favorite roses.
A favorite essay: Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero.
A favorite history: Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence.
A favorite detective show: Inspector Morse.
A favorite spy novel: Smiley's People.
A favorite sequence of English language novels: The Alexandria Quartet.
A favorite collection of essays: Paul Fussell, Abroad.
A favorite book for which there is no category: Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana.
A favorite beer: Modelo.
A favorite wine region: Bourgogne.
A favorite newspaper: The New York Times.
A favorite literary critic: George Steiner.
A favorite literary magazine: Granta.
A favorite composer or two: Mahler. Messiaen.
A favorite blog: Carver's Dog.
A favorite non-fiction book or two: Anti-Oedipus, A Thousand Plateaus.
A favorite year: 1979.
A favorite season: summer.
De gustibus non disputandum.
