tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post3682542756265158773..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: John Petty and The Last RefugeRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-31730590713985052382015-01-23T12:45:45.004-08:002015-01-23T12:45:45.004-08:00Fascinating, though now you say it, it doesn't...Fascinating, though now you say it, it doesn't surprise me. JP was highly autobiographical in his writing, and the first part was fairly transparently based on his run-ins with the Housing Department and Social Security. If you haven't seen them, I wrote a couple of other posts about him - his autobiograhical <a href="http://jsbookreader.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/john-petty-face.html" rel="nofollow"><i>The Face</i></a>; and <a href="http://jsbookreader.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/petty-gripes.html" rel="nofollow">Petty gripes</a>.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-51942050489951655962015-01-23T11:08:03.751-08:002015-01-23T11:08:03.751-08:00Incredible as it seems; having worked at Walsall H...Incredible as it seems; having worked at Walsall Housing Department in the late sixties, I know most of the characters mentioned in the early part of the book. Frightening to see your life portrayed in an alternative universeCaptainCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-44373503638335076762010-04-14T05:22:18.050-07:002010-04-14T05:22:18.050-07:00In the future, we will all be writers.....at least...In the future, we will all be writers.....at least for 15 minutes.Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.com