Thursday, December 03, 2015

Two together

Ray's Times column, Tuesday 1 December:


What does the writer think "duet" means? Is Ray Cyrus Lakdawala in disguise?

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe he means a "pas de deux" of books. He could at least put it in italics then.

Niall said...

Poetic licence, innit?

Anonymous said...

Ray Cyrus. Or indeed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQIPdHMpjc

Anonymous said...

Not sure what you're trying to say. I've only read a couple of Lakdawala's books. I think Kramnik and Capablanca Move by Move. OMG they are so brilliant! The most wonderful chess-related prose I've ever read. (Almost "the only wonderful".. who else? Donner? uh.. E Winter and you guys have your moments.) The guy has an extreme gift for metaphor. Anyway, I totally loved them.
So how Ray gets accused of being Lakdawala when he misuses a word, I'm not sure. Envy? Obviously I'm missing a lot.