Georgia Clark is an enormously gifted writer and author who lives in New York city. This naturally makes her one of the coolest people I know. In a lucky break for me, she's also my best friend. The Balki to my Larry, the Ernie to my Bert, the Mork to my Mindy which is to say that there's no phrase I've used more frequently during our long friendship than, "I don't know if that's a very good idea." I met G when we were both sub editing the TV guide. I was taking it VERY seriously. She was scattering the lyrics to Vogue liberally through the pages. You can have the full Georgia Clark experience here
These are her three favourite books...
Glamorama by
The caustic, cool and clever Bret Easton Ellis penned my favourite book of all time, Glamorama. It's a sprawling, masterful epic, and for me is definitely the high point of Bret's career as a writer. Previous to this, his earlier books – Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, The Informers – were exercises in style, mood and point of view. They weren’t narrative works (which is probably why all the film adaptations are such abject failures). In Glamorama, Bret discovered then exploded narrative conventions in a way that was hilarious, meaningful, and post-modern. Bret has always been a moralistic writer but this book raised the stakes, wielding wit like a weapon to undermine Bret's favourite target: his own generation. I've read it dozens of times and always discover something new in Victor Ward's fascinating disintegration. READ THIS BOOK!
Four Films of Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Interiors, Manhattan, Stardust Memories
Okay, so these are screenplays but I was given this book in high school so it still counts! Mr Allen is my favourite film-maker and his screenplays would transport me to the world I longed to inhabit: neurotic New Yorkers intelligently dissecting life, love, career, kids, work, and, of course, New York. I now live in the Big A and while the living space is smaller and income considerably less than his middle class pontificators, we do spend an awful lot of time alternatively navel and skyline gazing.
The Dark Is Rising series by Susan Cooper
As a young adult author, I feel compelled to include a YA book. My current fave writers are have a more poetic touch than most; masters of beautiful words and emotional authenticity. My holy trinity at present are David Levithan, Simone Howell and David Mitchell (though he's arguably a writer for adults). But I thought I'd include my fave book as an actual young adult: The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. Remember how powerful your imagination was in those days, pre-online distractions, pre-real life concerns? This five-book series took me straight on a rollicking, exciting 1960s British adventure that I could not get enough of. I distinctively remember finishing the last book, closing it with a completely satisfied sigh of happiness, then opening it up and immediately starting to read the whole series again. Highly recommended for the young, and young at heart.
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