Kamchatka
Marcelo Figueras
Translated by Frank Wynne
May 2011
312 pages
Published by Black Cat
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Gavin is the only other person I know who has read this book, and her post pretty much says it all.
There’s also a great interview with the author at Speakeasy.
And, if you happen to do a google search for the author, be careful that you don’t replace that last a with an o, or you’ll get some search results that you don’t want to get. Because Marcelo Figueros is most definitely not an author. He’s a p*rn star.
Haha I bet it was a shock to see what the other name pulled up.
Yep, I closed that window as quick as I could!
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Speaking of p*rn stars, I have a funny story. A couple years ago, I was writing this book, and my main character was named Rachel Milan. I talked about this on my blog. One day, my statcounter gave me some search results for my blog for a Rachel Milan, which I thought was as bit weird, so I looked up the name. Turns out she is an amateur p*rn star too. Needless to say, I changed my main character’s name.
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And did you google that name, too, just to be sure?
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I really want to read this one. To my disdain, when I got it from the library, I discovered the library only has the Spanish version. I hope to track down a copy this fall:-)
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I think I still have it. I’ll double check when I get home. If so, it’s all yours!
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I always hate it when a google search on something innocuous leads to the dens of inequity, but I have to admit that reading about it was darn funny. Sorry Jill!
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Especially when one may not be on one’s home computer!
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That Gavin, she does have a way of summarizing the most difficult books. Now, I would never google a porn star, but now that you suggested it I am really tempted.
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Yep, she’s handy like that.
And do it…you know you want to.
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Hahahahaha. I may need to google the porn star now solely due to curiosity!
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At least I didn’t have it set on an image search.
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I still have this one to read. I like the premise of this but haven’t seen it around much. I’m off to check Gavin’s post.
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Thanks for the mention and the link, Jill. Gotta watch those vowels:)
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