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>"Sam Coll was born in 1989, in Dublin, Ireland. He graduated in English and Art History from Trinity College Dublin in 2011 and later obtained a Masters degree in Anglo-Irish literature, writing his dissertation on Samuel Beckett and sentimentality."

Excerpt from debut novel:

>"He had been dreaming of the cats when the scratching of the dog at his door awoke him. He awoke, by degrees and blearily, to find himself ensconced on his couch, awash with a medley of tins and tang of staling booze, his mobile phone numbly clutched in his porky palm, the metal now wet with the sweat of his clasp, glistening from the slimy balm that fell from every oozing pore all over the skin of his body. For he had fallen asleep in the midst of a message he had been typing, with no small struggle (so fat were his fingers, so tiny the keys), intended for Arsene, which so far read:"

Author Audio Excerpt: https://soundcloud.com/sam-coll/abode-of-fancy-eighteen

>> No.8667355
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8667355

>>8667353

>ensconced
>porky palm
>sweat of his clasp
>slimy balm
>oozing pore

Purple as fuck.

>> No.8667359

>>8667353
>Author Audio Excerpt: https://soundcloud.com/sam-coll/abode-of-fancy-eighteen

Oh Christ almighty

Irishfag here, nobody, fucking nobody talks like this. It sounds like he's trying to do an impression of a James Joyce recording which I suppose is a summary of his life

>> No.8667362

>>8667355
Ree get the fuck off my board hemingway carver fags are the fucking scum of this earth just fucking go write a story for the new yorker and stop shitting up my board theres nothing """""purple"""" about descriptive writing fuck off iceberg theory scum just leave reeeeee

>> No.8667363

>>8667359
I'm Irish and everybody I know talks like this. Are ya from Mayo or some shite?

>> No.8667364

Didn't you make this thread a couple of days ago, Sam?

>> No.8667371

>>8667353
>When it is put to him that this is a madcap university novel he bristles at the thought before telling of his own brush with the Trinity authorities.
>It happened as a result of an idea he had for a short play involving an ailing Jonathan Swift. It grew into an unhealthy obsession as he envisaged Michael Gambon playing the part.
“Gambon has this problem at the moment, he can’t remember his lines. So I figured the perfect part for him… Michael Gambon in a rocking chair, he has one line. Playing the old Swift rocking back and forth, saying: ‘I am what I am… I am what I am.’ Surrounded by a thousand other voices speaking lines from Swift’s other works.”
>“All Sir Michael has to say is one line, it’d be an experimental half-hour with film… He’s already played Churchill with a stroke. He’s doing a series of great men in decline, so it would work.”
>His compulsion for the idea became excessive and this culminated in him losing his temper in the Players Theatre. He was shouting and roaring trying to convey his idea in completely the wrong fashion.
>“I got possessed with it. I got aggressive in my means of trying to convey it to people. Stupid… I’m ashamed of it in retrospect. But the only solution is to stay out of Trinity.”
>This incident led to him being banned from the college campus. He’s quick to point out the cynical showbiz angle that could be taken from the story:
>“This novel is the Trinity book, by a Trinity student, who can’t enter Trinity!!”

Woah... he's so passionate and eccentric!

>> No.8667376

I'm adding just another bump to get this thread really going lads.

Buy the book now on Waterstones, Amazon or any other significant retailer of reading materials.

>> No.8667381

Here I am just ever so gently bumping this thread once more

>> No.8667407

A mere bump among bumps

>> No.8667408

>>8667381
why are you here

>> No.8667410

>>8667408
I'm here to bump, my dear friend

>> No.8667416
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>>8667362

I'm not going anywhere bub. That prose is clearly fucking purple.

>encsonced

Not necessary. What would be so wrong with "He awoke, by degrees and blearily, to find himself on his couch"? Ensconced implies comfortable, which couches generally are by default. He awoke with discomfort, then that could be forgivably pointed out.

>porky palm

Why not just "in the palm of his hand"? Feels like forced alliteration. If the character is fat, there are better ways to show it than in holding his mobile phone - which fucking anyone can do. For example, he could be shown wheezing as he climbs a flight of stairs - something that the average man would have no problem with.

>sweat of his clasp

It sounds like the writer was trying too hard to avoid repetition of the word 'palm'. He could have cut things down and wrong "his mobile phone numbly(?) clutched in his sweaty palm." The use of the word 'numbly', it occurs to me, is also stupid here - 'numb' refers more to sensation (or lack thereof) than the strength of an action, or in this case, grasp. Why not "his mobile phone clutched limply/feebly in his sweaty palm"?

>sweaty palm
>oozing pore

We get it, the guy's fucking sweaty. Talk about dragging it out.

Purple. As. Fuck.

>> No.8667418

>>8667410
Idk why I laughed at that. Here's a consolation bump.

>> No.8667419

>>8667416
Yet he is published while you my friend are not. Enjoy demeaning others on this forum for the rest of your life, my friend.

>> No.8667423

>>8667419
Yeah by a tiny ass independent nobody press, in fucking Ireland of all places. Colour me impressed
Paper is cheap, nothing impressive about being published today

>> No.8667428

>>8667423
Not quite, my ignorant companion. His book is also to be published in the UK, likely by Faber or another large publishing house. If only your talent matched your bitterness! Alas.

>> No.8667432

>>8667428
>His book is also to be published in the UK, likely by Faber or another large publishing house.

Yeah I'll believe it when I see it Sammy

>> No.8667433

>>8667416

>He awoke, by degrees and blearily, to find himself on his couch, awash with a medley of tins and (the) tang of staling booze, his mobile phone clutched feebly in the palm of his hand

Holy shit, it does read better.

>>8667419

Being published doesn't mean shit in this day and age.

>> No.8667440

>>8667432
Ya obviously have neigh ken bout the Irish publishing scene laddy. Shame it is to be you. Great shame in-deed.

>> No.8667443

>>8667433
Getting published now is more difficult than ever I'll think ye'll find, oh young one.

>> No.8667444

>>8667443
If this hack can manage it, it can't be that hard

>> No.8667454

>>8667419
But I'm Thomas Pynchon

>> No.8667455

>>8667444
Ah how envious ya be.

>> No.8667457

>>8667443
>>8667455

Are you this author's boyfriend or something?

>> No.8667485

>>8667353
>https://soundcloud.com/sam-coll/abode-of-fancy-eighteen
Kept it in the background: this gets fun past 11:
Only at the near-end really, but good keks

>> No.8667496

>>8667485
Good keks indeed. It's an hilarious book. I'd recommend that you buy it now!

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8667499

>>8667496

Stop it.

>> No.8667521

>>8667353
This sounds very nice, though it is a bit purple I admit, could do with a few less adjectives.

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>>8667419
>Yet he is published while you my friend are not
Are you sure about that?

>> No.8667526

>>8667353
>born in 1989
He's only a year older than me and looks like he's 40?

>> No.8667531

>>8667522
Ulillillia is self-published, that doesn't count.

>> No.8667532

>>8667526
Too much genius takes a tole on a man

>> No.8667554

>>8667440
>>8667363
Why are you pretending to be Irish?

>>8667359
sounds like he's doing a Michael D impression.

>>8667353
Your book is shite sam

>> No.8668073

I notice this thread has not been bumped as I imagined it might. Let's get bumping friends.

Bump.

>> No.8668263

>>8667532
so do inbred Irish genes

>> No.8668285

>>8667416
>le purple prose is bad meme

>> No.8668297

>>8667416
It's really not purple, flowery or descriptive or busy maybe but it is not purple. It's clear you don't know what you're talking about, your long green text laden post says very little.

>> No.8668401

>>8668285

Yes, it is.

>>8668297

Flowery or descriptive or busy is fine. It's clear as day however that OP's author is using as many adjectives as he can for the sake of using them, which is the definition of purple.

As it happens, the post you're quoting says more than almost any other post ITT, and most of it is constructive.

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8668434

>making threads on /lit/ to promote yourself

>> No.8668444

>>8667353
This nigger is year older than me and yet looks like he's 50. Is this what living under protestant unjust control is like?

>> No.8668456

>>8668297
>long green text laden
Author ease-ladenly detected

>> No.8668891

>>8668401
The best authors wrote purple prose.

>> No.8669559

>>8667531
But I am not.

>> No.8669582

>>8667353
Dude looks like he performed cosmetic surgery on himself using only his fists.