He was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, James, the tenth Earl. He was a politician and served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. Like numerous of his predecessors he was also Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire. In 1732 he succeeded his … Read more
We know of the drudgery of Kafka’s job as a lawyer at the Workmen’s Accident Insurance coverage Institute in Prague and the firsthand acquaintance it gave him with the hideous entanglements of bureaucracy, entanglements that now go by the name Kafkaesque. Kafka was engaged to two ladies, one particular of them twice, and under no … Read more
There is no query that Palahniuk is an crucial writer, with a substantial well-known following. But as his conceits grow ever far more ludicrous, his books become a lot more like art-statements than novels. The plot of Rant is so overheated it approaches self-parody, and occasionally trivialises what are clearly serious issues. Buster Casey’s life … Read more