I wrote a post a couple of months ago about ad people who have written books.
Well, now we have a new name for the list.
Alex Burrett, formerly top radio producer at BBH, has written what sounds like a cracking book of short stories called My Goat Ate Its Own Legs.
Characters in the tales include the ex’s of both God and Death, a dog addicted to cocaine, a couple who literally merge through the intensity of their mutual lust, and another who eat their kids. Plus the goat that ate its own legs.
The cover has a bite chewed out of it. I like that.
16 comments:
Sounds great. I like goats.
tchuh! The cover of The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers has a chunk bitten out of it. Another adland rip-off.
Hooray for adland writers! And hooray for non copywriters writing books. Though it undermines us somewhat...
7.57
Don't we all invent several wheels before experiencing a genius strike? If the wheels are nice, everything's fine.
9.15,
I was joking.
I still don't understand your comment though.
7.57
alex is a top bloke and i wish him well.
Book sounds well funny
didn't the dog in family guy get hooked on gear?
7.57
of course we were both joking.
The thing is that for a while we have to do things that were done before. Then maybe one day we can come up with something original.
My my young Scamp, everyone knows you should never judge a book by its cover.
Guffaw fnar chortle
Unfortunately, all short stories and short films are shit. But I wish this guy the best of luck.
What an insight Ovid. Thank you for that little gem.
anon. 10.21,
that is patently untrue sir. james joyce turned out a lovely little number called Dubliners. filled with genius short stories. every one a gem.
so there!
Sorry, but it's shit.
Dubliners is not shit. Have you read The Dead? It's mind-blowing.
Dubliners could be the starting point of an entire series of genius movies. And speaking about The Dead, John Huston's 1987 film adaptation was absolutely wonderful.
Dead shit.
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