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Re: (TV) It's Mr. Hell On The Line

My copy also arrived yesterday and I'm already 1/3 of the way through.
I'm up to about 1970.
No way would I ever think Richard would write a book as a "revenge" on anyone. 
Flawed as he may be (along with the rest of us) I don't think it's in his
character to spend 6 years of his life obsessing over something that happened 
35 or 40 years ago.

I loved this line from early on in the book: "I think I peaked as a human
being in the sixth grade."

Glenn C.



On 21/03/2013 6:36 AM, leif joley wrote:

Got my copy today. It's printed on very rough paper, with an edge on the pages
that reminds me of some books from my childhood that one had to cut up with a
knife to be able to read. I rushed to read the already talked-about epilogue
-- and was highly surprised that Hell in fact expresses unconditional love for
his former band-mate and friend. Actually, it seems like Hell thinks that he
and Verlaine are sort of divided soul-mates. I assume that there are juicier
parts elsewhere in the book, but given that pretty much have been written
about this book as kind of a revenge on Verlaine, I'd say it's a bit
surprising that it does ends on that peculiar tone.

Leif J, Sweden


Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:03:07 +0000
From: keith@thewonder.co.uk
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) It's Mr. Hell On The Line

On 20/03/2013 12:36, Dave wrote:

"The split with Mr. Verlaine was ugly. We read about Mr. Verlainefs
gcoldness and egotismh and about what Mr. Hell calls his gglobally

sourh

demeanor. One of the final straws, Mr. Hell reports, was when Mr.

Verlaine

gtold me not to move around onstage while he sang.h"

Gosh, maybe Mr Lloyd was right all the time - who'd have thought..?

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