TheBookchemist | The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth REVIEW @TheBookchemist | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 52 minutes ago.
The sonnet I read in the video is the thirty-second in the book's first part. Here it is:
"What? Advertise? You must be joking!"
"I'm serious." "Jen, you're nuts." "I'm not."
"You know, Jan, you've had such a soaking
In Tsingtao you don't know what's what.
Me advertise? You must be kidding!"
"Kiddo, I'm not. Just do my bidding.
Take out an ad. Right now. Today.
Young handsome yuppie seeks..." "No way!
I've always thought your schemes, though wacky,
(Conceived in midair, born in haste),
Remained within the bounds of taste,
But as for this one - talk of tacky!
Let's talk of something else instead.
Young yuppie...! Better dead than read."
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The sonnet I read in the video is the thirty-second in the book's first part. Here it is:
"What? Advertise? You must be joking!"
"I'm serious." "Jen, you're nuts." "I'm not."
"You know, Jan, you've had such a soaking
In Tsingtao you don't know what's what.
Me advertise? You must be kidding!"
"Kiddo, I'm not. Just do my bidding.
Take out an ad. Right now. Today.
Young handsome yuppie seeks..." "No way!
I've always thought your schemes, though wacky,
(Conceived in midair, born in haste),
Remained within the bounds of taste,
But as for this one - talk of tacky!
Let's talk of something else instead.
Young yuppie...! Better dead than read."
US readers, buy The Golden Gate on IndieBound (yep I'm an affiliate):
indiebound.org/book/9780679734574?aff=TheBookchemist
UK & other European readers, buy it on Blackwell's (also an affiliate):
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Golden-Gate-by-Vikram-Seth/9780571212651/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
If you enjoy my reviews, please consider supporting the channel on Patreon:
patreon.com/TheBookchemist
One-off donations are also always welcome:
paypal.me/Bookchemist
Follow me on GoodReads!
goodreads.com/author/show/15078502.Mattia_Ravasi
Follow me on Twitter!
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