The Queue
Well, that was disappointing. An Object of Beauty is a match for neither Shopgirl nor The Pleasure of My Company, Martin's previous novels. Maybe he's too close to the art world, & that's why so much of the novel is so indulgent of that world's peculiarities? Whatever the reason, the book was unfortunate; not a complete waste of time, but unfortunate.

Recently
Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty

Currently
book holiday, to spend some quality time with The Economist

Presently
Rudyard Kipling, The Man who would be King and Other Stories
Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day: SKApril
The Pietasters, "Girl Take It Easy" from Oolooloo (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: The title should read, "Girl, Take It Easy."