Roderick Robinson
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Retired magazine editor |
| Location | Hereford, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Newspaper and magazine journalist in England and the States. Renounced West Riding birthright in 1959. Retired 1995. |
| Interests | Writing books: Gorgon Times (novel) - published. Out of Arizona (novel) - published. Opening Bars, Singing at eighty, and Beyond (non-fiction, autobiographical) - published. Two Homelands (short stories) - published, Blest Redeemer (novel) - awaiting publication. Second Hand (novel) - awaiting publication. Rictangular Lenses (novel) - one-third written. Reading The Guardian, Taking singing lessons, Avoiding soccer. |
| Favorite Movies | Wild Strawberries, Hidden, The Shooting Party, Manon des Sources, Groundhog Day, Le Scaphandre et le Papillon, Duel at Silver Creek, Fitzcarraldo, US B-feature quickies of the fifties |
| Favorite Music | Glenn Gould, Janet Baker, Andreas Schiff, Paul Simon, Richard Strauss (operas, orchestral songs), Charles Ives, Most of the biggies except Rossini, Berlioz, Verdi, Mendelssohn |
| Favorite Books | Joyce (bar Finnegan), Proust, Updike, Waugh (bar Pinfold), George Eliot (bar Romola), Ross Thomas, Romain Gary, Georges Duhamel, Patrick O'Brian, US police procedurals and legal-background thrillers |