Pievienots
Mike Collier is a British writer and journalist who has lived in Latvia since 2008. He currently edits the English-language version of LSM, Latvia’s public broadcasting service, and is also the author of two works of fiction, The Fourth Largest in Latvia and the recently issued Baltic Byline (you can read a short extract on Deep Baltic).Baltic Byline is a sharp, witty collection of stories following seedy, cynical foreign correspondent Beacon in a country very like Latvia, as he deals with the vicissitudes of the profession in a small country; he manages a presidential campaign as a way of getting revenge on a politician who has crossed him, covers a gay pride parade and its fervent opponents and inadvertently gets interrogated by the secret service, all the while focusing on looking after his cat, keeping up with rent payments and dealing with the vanity and ignorance of the Brussels journalists flown in for the top stories.
Iepazīsimies ar Mike Collier – britu rakstnieku un žurnālistu, kurš kopš 2008. gada dzīvo Latvijā. Brian Collier ir arī autors nesen izdotajām grāmatām “Ceturtais lielākais Latvijā” un “Baltijas apakšrubrika”. Otrā grāmata “Baltijas apakšrubrika” ir asprātīgu stāstu apkopojums, cenšoties izsekot ciniskā ārzemju korespondenta Beacon tēlam, kurš dzīvo zemē, kas tik ļoti līdzinās Latvijai. Beacons sastopās ar dažnedažādām, mazas zemes raksturīgām situācijām, prezidenta vēlēšanām, homoseksuālistu parādēm, to pretiniekiem un pat nonākot slepenās policijas pratināšanā! Starp visu citu mēģinot dzīvot “normālu” dzīvi – maksājot rēķinus un pieskatot savu kaķi.
