The mainstream of literary culture in the U.K. is very averse to writing about technology. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes averse culture literary
The First World War was a horror of gas, industrialised slaughter, fear, and appalling human suffering. Nick Harkaway appallfearhorror Change image and share on social
The notion of our leaders as patrician ascetics of unassailable virtue is risible. Nick Harkaway asceticleadernotion Change image and share on social
My dad and I compete on the pool table; that's the most important competition of our lives. The fact that I'm writing and it works for me is one of the great joys for him. We talk about writing, and it's great. Nick Harkaway competecompetitiondad share on social
With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal. Robert Gottlieb appealbookcommercial Change image and share on social
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright culturedirtyfan Change image and share on social
I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics. Rahul Gandhi aversejoinpolitic Change image and share on social
