Tom Perrin
@tellmelieslater.bsky.social
Academic and author. Under the name Tom Spencer, author of The Mystery of the Crooked Man (Pushkin, 2024)
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11/9/25 - nocturn
September 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
11/9/25 - nocturn
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bring back the Wicker Man Corn Flakes
August 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
bring back the Wicker Man Corn Flakes
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gonna tell my kid this is gertrude stein
August 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
gonna tell my kid this is gertrude stein
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Oh Beauty I Am Undone.
Painted on 23 carat gold leaf laid on vintage Italian poplar wood panels.
Painted on 23 carat gold leaf laid on vintage Italian poplar wood panels.
August 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Oh Beauty I Am Undone.
Painted on 23 carat gold leaf laid on vintage Italian poplar wood panels.
Painted on 23 carat gold leaf laid on vintage Italian poplar wood panels.
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DeLillo, in 1988, being interviewed about Libra, argues that fiction can provide some simple emotional closure and comforting rhythm to the senseless horror of history, then he says:
"I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfillment in America."
"I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfillment in America."
August 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
DeLillo, in 1988, being interviewed about Libra, argues that fiction can provide some simple emotional closure and comforting rhythm to the senseless horror of history, then he says:
"I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfillment in America."
"I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfillment in America."
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more than 20 years on, i am still cross about the kaiser chiefs rhyming "watching the people get lairy" with "it's not very pretty, I tell thee"
August 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
more than 20 years on, i am still cross about the kaiser chiefs rhyming "watching the people get lairy" with "it's not very pretty, I tell thee"
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We truly live in hell.
July 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We truly live in hell.
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Neil at Glasto 2025
NEIL YOUNG 2025.06.28 Glastonbury Music Festival
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June 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Neil at Glasto 2025
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29/6/25 - nocturn
June 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
29/6/25 - nocturn
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Tom Spencer has been a regular recently at The NewSouth Bookstore — we’ve had to call him back several times to sign additional copies of his new book, The Mystery of the Crooked Man. The orders keep coming in! We are pleased the book is enjoying such success!
May 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tom Spencer has been a regular recently at The NewSouth Bookstore — we’ve had to call him back several times to sign additional copies of his new book, The Mystery of the Crooked Man. The orders keep coming in! We are pleased the book is enjoying such success!
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Paula Rego, Hey Diddle Diddle, 1989 etching from the nursery rhymes series #WomensArt
May 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Paula Rego, Hey Diddle Diddle, 1989 etching from the nursery rhymes series #WomensArt
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NBCC member Nell Beram reviewed "The Mystery of the Crooked Man" by Tom Spencer for Shelf Awareness:
Shelf Awareness for Readers for Friday, May 2, 2025
This week's issue is brimming with satisfying reading recommendations! Andrew Knighton crafts "a fresh take on the reluctant hero" in Forged for Destiny, turning ideas of valor and villainy upside…
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May 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NBCC member Nell Beram reviewed "The Mystery of the Crooked Man" by Tom Spencer for Shelf Awareness:
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Laura Boswell, contemporary printmaker based in Scotland specialising in wild landscape and coastal prints in linocut & woodblock
May 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Laura Boswell, contemporary printmaker based in Scotland specialising in wild landscape and coastal prints in linocut & woodblock
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc
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LAST CALL! Author Tom Spencer will be in conversation at the Haunted Bookshop, 9 S. Joachim St., Mobile. It all starts at 5:30pm. I'll be emceeing, followed by an audience Q&A, and book signing. Call the bookshop to reserve your place or visit online: www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...
May 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
LAST CALL! Author Tom Spencer will be in conversation at the Haunted Bookshop, 9 S. Joachim St., Mobile. It all starts at 5:30pm. I'll be emceeing, followed by an audience Q&A, and book signing. Call the bookshop to reserve your place or visit online: www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...
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Need a last minute mother's day gift? THE MYSTERY OF THE CROOKED MAN by Tom Spencer @tellmelieslater.bsky.social is the perfect gift for moms who enjoy mysteries, according to @nytimes.com of course! 🔍🕵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
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May 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Need a last minute mother's day gift? THE MYSTERY OF THE CROOKED MAN by Tom Spencer @tellmelieslater.bsky.social is the perfect gift for moms who enjoy mysteries, according to @nytimes.com of course! 🔍🕵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
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May is National Mystery Month. These are only a few of my favorite authors:
* Agatha Christie (or course)
* Dashiell Hammett (Thin Man series. Can't beat Nick and Nora)
* Anna Elliot & Charles Veley
* Kerry Underwood
* M.C. Beaton
* Carolyn Haines
* Tom Spencer
* Agatha Christie (or course)
* Dashiell Hammett (Thin Man series. Can't beat Nick and Nora)
* Anna Elliot & Charles Veley
* Kerry Underwood
* M.C. Beaton
* Carolyn Haines
* Tom Spencer
May 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
May is National Mystery Month. These are only a few of my favorite authors:
* Agatha Christie (or course)
* Dashiell Hammett (Thin Man series. Can't beat Nick and Nora)
* Anna Elliot & Charles Veley
* Kerry Underwood
* M.C. Beaton
* Carolyn Haines
* Tom Spencer
* Agatha Christie (or course)
* Dashiell Hammett (Thin Man series. Can't beat Nick and Nora)
* Anna Elliot & Charles Veley
* Kerry Underwood
* M.C. Beaton
* Carolyn Haines
* Tom Spencer
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7/5/25 - nocturn
May 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
7/5/25 - nocturn
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greetings, pope pickers
May 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
greetings, pope pickers
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A fun evening in store Thursday - the Haunted Bookshop in Mobile hosts a conversation with the author of “The Mystery of the Crooked Man,” Tom Spencer. I will be MC’ing the event. Make your reservation today.
www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...
www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...
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An indie bookstore in downtown Mobile, Alabama. We stock books that might be haunting you. And we have a cat.
www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A fun evening in store Thursday - the Haunted Bookshop in Mobile hosts a conversation with the author of “The Mystery of the Crooked Man,” Tom Spencer. I will be MC’ing the event. Make your reservation today.
www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...
www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...
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5/5/25 - nocturn
May 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
5/5/25 - nocturn
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The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.