Waldo: a Metrophilia

A film a friend and I made

A very nice review

of Metrophilias at Readingbetweenthewines.

Kelly, the reviewer, says, “Overall, I would have to say that this book has the potential to be regarded a literary masterpiece and, in my opinion, could be included in the curriculum of a college level literature course.”

I am imagining 50 students in Oxford sitting around discussing the book.

Fluidity of Time on Metrophilias

Review here.

Extracted sentence: “Disturbing, and mind-sticking.”

Rome: a Metrophilia

From my book Metrophilias

Rome

A group of rich men convened together. They lay on couches arranged around low tables. They drank and they ate.

“My wife has got herself a lover,” one man said. “An ex-gladiator. An Egyptian with powerful shanks.”

“My wife’s lover is a poet.”

“Mine has a Greek slave who she keeps perfumed.”

“The lover of my wife,” a certain wealthy merchant by the name of Labrax said, “is kept in a pool on our courtyard.”

“Charming.”

“It is an octopus, with eight muscular arms, each one designed for love.”

“Well,  a happy wife means a happy husband,” said a certain senator, rolling a grape languidly between his plump fingers.

Metrophilias review

at Gently Read Literature.

Venice: a Metrophilia

Yekepa: a Metrophilia

Rio de Janeiro: a Metrophilia

Asimov’s / Metrophilias

Paul Di Filippo gives Metrophilias a nice review at Asimov’s, saying, in part:

“Connell’s assured writing might call to mind such fellow-travelers as Jeff VanderMeer, Darren Speegle, Clark Ashton Smith, and even Italo Calvino.”

In good company! This is the third or fourth review that has compared this book to Calvino.

Another batch of reviews

1) J.A. Tyler dives into Metrophilias at the Southeast Review.

2)Annie Clarkson talks about the same book at the Short Review.

They also have a little interview with me here.

3) Gordon Hauptfleisch goes deep into Unpleasant Tales at Blogcritics.