Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Great Writing V: Bony Old Ghost of a Whore

Fanny came in a couple of times. Bony old ghost of a whore. Couldn't do much, but I suppose better than a kick in the crutch. The last time wasn't so bad. How do you manage it, she said, at your age? I told her I'd been saving up for her all my life.

Samuel Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape.

The more Beckett you read, the better he gets. What a staggering sense of humour.

John Hurt performing as Krapp: