Jay Glickman

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Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Bibliophile
Location Los Angeles, CA, United States
Introduction Jay Manfred Orsini Vargas y Lorca Freiherr von Glickman, 9th Vicomte of Majorca-on-Slote, K.C.B.E., FRS, MSJ, offers insightful reviews of today’s books from the elitist aristocrat’s perspective. He enjoys haute cuisine, fine port, elephant polo, good breeding, whist, and taunting the natives. He currently resides in baronial splendour in the duchy of Luxembourg.
Interests Reading, writing, juggling cats, aquatic cosmetology, and breeding Capybaras.
Favorite Movies The Manchurian Candidate, Citizen Kane, Boogie Nights, Local Hero, After Hours, The Usual Suspects, Casablanca, Bad Day at Black Rock, Dr. Strangelove, On The Beach, The Towering Inferno, The Magnificent Seven, Glory, The Big Sleep, Network, The China Syndrome, Iron man and many others.
Favorite Music Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Brian Setzer, They Might Be Giants, David Bowie, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Billy Eckstine, Carmen McRae, and many others.
Favorite Books Anything by John Scalzi, Michael Flynn, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, John Varley, Robert Harris, Philip Kerr, James Ellroy, Peter Straub, Stephen King (except for the crappy ones), and many others.

What would you wear for camouflage if you were hiding in a gingerbread house?

Candy Cigarettes. Or an Abba Zabba.