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A review by nssutton
Cheesemonger by Gordon Edgar
I don't let being lactose intolerant stop me from loving cheese. I loved the idea of reading a cheese memoir and entertaining the thought of one day becoming a cheesemonger myself. (I may have gone so far as to talk business plans with Nathan. It involves a food truck. AND CHEESE)
But what I have absolutely no patience for is this -- older men who insist on referring to things that are not punk rock as punk rock.
Things that are punk rock -- punk rock bands during a particular time period.
Things that are not punk rock -- referring to yourself as a punk rock cheesemonger because you work at a co-op, have a cheese tattoo and like to refer to things as punk rock.
I knew a guy like that in real life and I just couldn't stand him. Did that sort of association lead directly to my quitting this book?
YES.
Ashamed of that? Not me.
But what I have absolutely no patience for is this -- older men who insist on referring to things that are not punk rock as punk rock.
Things that are punk rock -- punk rock bands during a particular time period.
Things that are not punk rock -- referring to yourself as a punk rock cheesemonger because you work at a co-op, have a cheese tattoo and like to refer to things as punk rock.
I knew a guy like that in real life and I just couldn't stand him. Did that sort of association lead directly to my quitting this book?
YES.
Ashamed of that? Not me.