What I Did Wrong

That’s the title of a new book by John Weir. Well, actually, it’s only his second book since the publication of The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket back in 1989. Eddie Socket was a brilliant debut by Weir – so good that I wound up having two copies of it in the library – having first bought the paperback edition, I tracked down a hardcover edition so that it would last longer.

 

And how did I find out that Weir has published his second novel after a gap of 17 years? That’s the beauty of serendipity on the internet… The Mumpsimus blog had a chance mention of an article in The Village Voice by Edmund White on the "new gay fiction".  Following the link and reading the article (because White usually has something interesting to say) unearthed the fact that Weir has a new book out on the streets. As a result, What I Did Wrong has gone onto my want list.