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Anyone read this? I just finished it and found it quite interesting. Though, i guess it was more because of the content rather than the writing, which didnt quite appeal to me. Anyway, was a nice insight into the Flamenco culture (assuming it is a correct insight).
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RE: Duende by Jason Webster (book) (in reply to Brasiliense)
Hey yeah I read this some years ago. I saw it on my shelf the other day and thought maybe I'd read it again. I found it pretty enjoyable but rather romantic on reflection. hanging out with gypsies, having a fling with a beautiful spanish chick, taking a pee next to Paco etc... Apparently Webster ran into a spot of bother due to some of his stories supposedly being stories of others that he'd heard and stolen. Not sure of the exact details though.
RE: Duende by Jason Webster (book) (in reply to Jim Opfer)
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Is this Jason Webster fella a regular Juan Martin???$$$$$$$$
ah lay off john martin, hes a sound fella.
jasons book is an ok yarn, but alot of it from the outside sounds like a mountain of bs.i got it from the local library, i wouldnt pay for it;
want some good real stuff read flamenco a way of life by pohren, amazing stuff, about diego del gastor, some of the stuff in it had me in stiches and other parts were extremely poignant great read
RE: Duende by Jason Webster (book) (in reply to Escribano)
Thanks Simon! The same search only returned this thread for me (and I see from the earlier discussion that other people had a similar problem) but I'm glad that the administrative mojo worked its magic, - that was interesting reading.
The articles really answer a lot of questions (apart from how could Webster do it, and why was it published?). I hadn't heard of the book when I came across it cheap on a discount table sometime last year. Not far in it plainly becomes fantasy, but a kind of morbid fascination kept me reading as I alternated between 'where is he going with this?', 'how gullible does he think we are?', and 'where was the editor?'.
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