hope.
With deepest thanks,
Yunjin Buym
*
(Onl!ne, 23 December 2009)
WRITER TOM BOYD ARRESTED IN PARIS
The bestselling author was arrested at Charles-de-Gaulle airport last Monday after a scuffle with a waiter who refused to serve Boyd, claiming that he was drunk. Boyd was taken into police custody. Following an investigation, the public prosecutor set a date for a hearing at Bobigny criminal court in late January. Boyd faces charges of disorderly conduct and assault and battery.
*
From: [email protected]
Subject: Your most avid reader in Serbia!
Sent: December 25, 2009
To: thomas.boyd2@gmail
Dear Mr Boyd,
This is the first time I’ve ever written to anyone that I only know through their books! I teach literature in a small village in the south of Serbia, where we have no bookstore and no library. On this day, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, as night falls on the snowy landscape around me. I hope one day you will come and visit our beautiful country, and while you’re at it, why not my little village, Rakovica!
Thank you for allowing me to escape a little.
Yours,
Mirka
PS I would also like to tell you that I don’t believe a word of what they are saying in the papers and on the news about your private life.
*
( New York Post , 2 March 2010)
THE RISE AND FALL OF TOM BOYD
At 11 p.m. the night before last, for reasons as yet undisclosed, the bestselling author came to blows with another patron at the Beverly Hills hotspot Freeze. What started as an argument between the two men quickly escalated into a fistfight. Police arrived quickly on the scene and arrested the young author after finding ten grams of crystal meth on his person.
Boyd has been charged with drug possession and was released on bail, but is expected to appear before the Los Angeles Superior Court shortly.
It’s a safe bet that this time Boyd will need an excellent attorney if he expects to avoid jail.
*
From: [email protected]
Subject: One of the good guys
Sent: March 3, 2010
To: [email protected]
Let me introduce myself: my name is Eddy, I’m 19 and I’m training to be a baker in Stains, on the outskirts of Paris. I completely screwed up high school because I never turned up, and because I liked weed a little too much.
But last year I met a great girl. I didn’t want to lose her so I decided to get my act together for her. I went back to school, and now I’m not just learning new things, I understand them too. Out of all the books she told me to read, yours are my favourite: they bring out the best in me.
I can’t wait for your next book, but I don’t like some of the stuff I’ve read about you in the papers. My favourite characters in your novels are the ones that stay true to what they believe in, no matter what. So if you really believe in what you write, you should take better care of yourself, Mr Boyd. Don’t let alcohol or dope take over your life.
Don’t be a loser like I was.
With all my respect,
Eddy
1
The house by the sea
Sometimes, women meet men who have nothing and decide to try to give them everything. Sometimes, they succeed. Sometimes, women meet men who have everything, and decide to leave them with nothing. They always succeed
Cesare Pavese
‘Tom, open the door!’
The shout was drowned out by the wind and there was no reply.
‘Tom! It’s me, Milo. I know you’re in there. Come out of your hole for crying out loud!’
Malibu
Los Angeles County
A beach house
For the last five minutes, Milo Lombardo had been hammering incessantly on the wooden shutters overlooking the terrace of his best friend’s house.
‘Tom! Open up or I’ll kick the door down. You know I’m strong enough!’
Wearing a tailored shirt, a well-cut suit, and sunglasses, Milo nevertheless looked as if he had seen better days.
At first, he had thought that with time Tom’s wounds would heal, but, far from moving on, Tom seemed to have plunged into an even blacker
With deepest thanks,
Yunjin Buym
*
(Onl!ne, 23 December 2009)
WRITER TOM BOYD ARRESTED IN PARIS
The bestselling author was arrested at Charles-de-Gaulle airport last Monday after a scuffle with a waiter who refused to serve Boyd, claiming that he was drunk. Boyd was taken into police custody. Following an investigation, the public prosecutor set a date for a hearing at Bobigny criminal court in late January. Boyd faces charges of disorderly conduct and assault and battery.
*
From: [email protected]
Subject: Your most avid reader in Serbia!
Sent: December 25, 2009
To: thomas.boyd2@gmail
Dear Mr Boyd,
This is the first time I’ve ever written to anyone that I only know through their books! I teach literature in a small village in the south of Serbia, where we have no bookstore and no library. On this day, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, as night falls on the snowy landscape around me. I hope one day you will come and visit our beautiful country, and while you’re at it, why not my little village, Rakovica!
Thank you for allowing me to escape a little.
Yours,
Mirka
PS I would also like to tell you that I don’t believe a word of what they are saying in the papers and on the news about your private life.
*
( New York Post , 2 March 2010)
THE RISE AND FALL OF TOM BOYD
At 11 p.m. the night before last, for reasons as yet undisclosed, the bestselling author came to blows with another patron at the Beverly Hills hotspot Freeze. What started as an argument between the two men quickly escalated into a fistfight. Police arrived quickly on the scene and arrested the young author after finding ten grams of crystal meth on his person.
Boyd has been charged with drug possession and was released on bail, but is expected to appear before the Los Angeles Superior Court shortly.
It’s a safe bet that this time Boyd will need an excellent attorney if he expects to avoid jail.
*
From: [email protected]
Subject: One of the good guys
Sent: March 3, 2010
To: [email protected]
Let me introduce myself: my name is Eddy, I’m 19 and I’m training to be a baker in Stains, on the outskirts of Paris. I completely screwed up high school because I never turned up, and because I liked weed a little too much.
But last year I met a great girl. I didn’t want to lose her so I decided to get my act together for her. I went back to school, and now I’m not just learning new things, I understand them too. Out of all the books she told me to read, yours are my favourite: they bring out the best in me.
I can’t wait for your next book, but I don’t like some of the stuff I’ve read about you in the papers. My favourite characters in your novels are the ones that stay true to what they believe in, no matter what. So if you really believe in what you write, you should take better care of yourself, Mr Boyd. Don’t let alcohol or dope take over your life.
Don’t be a loser like I was.
With all my respect,
Eddy
1
The house by the sea
Sometimes, women meet men who have nothing and decide to try to give them everything. Sometimes, they succeed. Sometimes, women meet men who have everything, and decide to leave them with nothing. They always succeed
Cesare Pavese
‘Tom, open the door!’
The shout was drowned out by the wind and there was no reply.
‘Tom! It’s me, Milo. I know you’re in there. Come out of your hole for crying out loud!’
Malibu
Los Angeles County
A beach house
For the last five minutes, Milo Lombardo had been hammering incessantly on the wooden shutters overlooking the terrace of his best friend’s house.
‘Tom! Open up or I’ll kick the door down. You know I’m strong enough!’
Wearing a tailored shirt, a well-cut suit, and sunglasses, Milo nevertheless looked as if he had seen better days.
At first, he had thought that with time Tom’s wounds would heal, but, far from moving on, Tom seemed to have plunged into an even blacker
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