Live web-chat with Tony Parsons, 9pm-10pm, 6 October

[rachel(mumsnet)]

Columnist and author Tony Parsons will be joining us here on Monday 6th October from 9-10pm for a live chat. Tony's sixth novel, 'My Favourite Wife' has just been published and is described by The Independent as 'a much bigger, more ambitious book' than million-selling 'Man and Boy'. If you can't make the chat you can post your questions in advance here.
Hope to see you here on Monday.

oh it's him, that one.

i get him mixed up with that other bloke who wrote a book with a football title. Can't remember what he's called either. The other one wasn't married to Julie Burchill though, at least maybe he was, but if so I wasn't paying proper attention to sleb goss at the time.

nick hornby, that's it.

I can't remember the name of his book

I've just realised I sound senile

FEVER PITCH

I knew what you meant. Maybe we could ask him questions about being mistaken for Nick Hornby all the time???

Nick HOrnby is a bit more miserable though. How to be Good really depressed me and then his next book was about a bunch of people who met on a roof top when they were about to commit suicide. So I won't bother with the next NH.

What are we meant to ask this one about? I am assuming that if I were to ask dh about his favourite wife he would describe me or am I missing something about the modern world, now that I'm 50 and live in an alternative universe consisting mostly of mn, and bounded by my laptop?

I really love Tony Parsons, he's one of my favourite autors, I find his books really refreshing and funny, just finished It's a Long Way Down in fact. I want to ask Tony where he gets his inspiration from for his books in general. I can't wait to read the new book.

Oh, I though Tony Parsons wrote How to Be Good (it was horrendously depressing I agree PoppyFox, especially the sex for some reason). Now I'm not sure that I have read a Tony Parsons book at all.

Noooooo?!

Is this April Fools come early?

Can we have Burchill instead?

For the love of God, not him.

I though A Long Way Down was about actors on motorbikes

Or we could have Tony Hart like Cod said. Only if he brings Morph with him, though.

A Long Way Down was written by Nick Hornby, not Tony Parsons

Didn't Tony Parsons once think he was Britain's greatest living author (his words). Oh dear.

aw, bless him

OK, here is my question.

Who is more supersillious, self congratulating, passive aggressive and generally fuckwit-ish?:

a) YOU

b) Rushdie - Hmmm. He scores very highly indeed on 'Sleazebag' points. You shagged Burchill But then you slagged her off for years .

b) Amis - he picks up full 'Woman Hater' points (you're not quite as misogynistic)... but you lose 'Right to bore on and on on Late Review' points because (and it pains me to say it) he is cleverer than you. You gain a slight edge for not having a ginger-ish hue to your barnet.

c) Hornby - you're equals when it comes to writing drivel. in fact, is Nick Hornby your 'Nom de Plume'? Come on, fess up.

MrsM - the answer is b) Amis.

Views re Parsons were made quite eloquently here, I felt.

Actually you have 2 bs. I mean b (ii), Amis.

WHY?Anyone but him.He is so smug eek.I file him along with Rod Liddle.

D'you think he'll still come?

Has anybody actually got a question??!

Maybe we could ask Tony Parsons to change his name to TOny Parsons-Burchill, because that would really help me to tell him apart from Nick Hornby.

why don't you get jenni murray. someone with balls.
tony parsons is smug and has a very subservient wife. not keen.

totally uncalled for, the subservient bit. what was I thinking (drinking). sorry.

I can't think what anyone would want to ask Tony Parsons tbh. What was Julie Birchill like to be married to? Erm, that's the only interesting thing about him I can think of: that he was once married to Burchill.

Who is your favourite Viz character?