Episode 29: You Idiot Mp! - Old Boys Book Club, Boris Johnson's 72 Virgins
It's hard to know how to feel in writing the following words. Not because there is a mixture of emotions (there isn't) but because it barely seems credible that this has actually ended. Reading 72 Virgins felt like an act of interminable penance, forever pushing this agonising piece of work up a hill of dreadful literature, only to start afresh with each chapter. But we're here. This is the final chapter of the book. It can't go on any longer. There will be, at the end of this ep...
11 Jun 2021
Episode 28: Pisser - Old Boys Book Club, Boris Johnson's 72 Virgins
Oh man, is this still going? Yes! But fear not, Johnson's dross is approaching a swift end with this, the penultimate episode of reading. This episode is very much a Pickel-fest, so if you're a fan of sub-aquatic genocidal cuckolds, you've come to the right place. There is also a very small amount of plot development, as the author realises that he has spent 319 pages on exposition, but has an imminent print deadline to meet. Expect sloppy dialogue and non-sensical action...
14 Feb 2021
Episode 27: Come With Me Stinky Pig - Old Boys Book Club, Boris Johnson's 72 Virgins
Episode twenty bloody seven. 27. It's here, and it's almost the end. You can feel it can't you, coming down the track like an inevitable freight train of jingoism and frayed narratives. You already know nothing will be concluded, all stones will be left unturned, and it will have all been for nought. But, you remember, this was an exercise of Anthropology! Have we better understood the old boy through this reading? What can we draw down from the musings of their leader? M...
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