Historical fiction - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
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That one got me thinking, Osarusan, and it prompted me to dip into John Banville's The Book of Evidence. I hadn't read it for quite a few years, but it's as brilliantly nuanced and blackly (or bleakly, perhaps) comic as anything he ever wrote. Might follow up with Capote for dessert...Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
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Finished Mark Gatiss' The Vesuvius Club last night, the first in a series featuring the splendidly named Lucifer Box, society portraitist by day, spy and assassin by night. It's the book equivalent of a walking cane tipped in curare... An arch, risque, Flashman meets Raffles kind of book. If there's to be a film version, please let it be with his fellow League of Gentlemen conspirators!Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
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Just finished getting up to date on the Game of Thrones series. Enjoyable stuff. Will be interesting to see what George RR Martin does after what happened at The Wall. Still enjoying Arya's and Tyrion's stories the best but wish Cersei would just **** off and die.
Started "Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport". Absolutely brilliant so far. I love the conclusion that England are performing just as they should. Just finished reading about penalty strategy, so interesting.
After that I have a few Jeffrey Archer books to catch up on...I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.Comment
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Amongst Women by John McGahern
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. CoetzeeComment
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Following Harps Home & Away
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Reading Empire by Niall Ferguson. Very entertaining book. Like all of his stuff.
Some major issues with his references to Northern Ireland in the 1700's but bar that it's good.
His other book Civilization is next after this.
Have read the Ascent of Money and it was an enthralling read.
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Anything from Alexandre Dumas (adventures), Ephraim Kishon (humorous), Charles Bukowski (underground), Ursula Le Guin (SF), Mario Puzo (crime)...
The last good I read were George Orwell ("1984" and "Animal Farm") and Mikhail Bulgakov (The Master and Margarita), and now I'm reading "Hunger" by Knut Hamsun.Until The Last Rebel!Comment
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Finally got round to Wolf Hall. Three hundred pages in and really enjoying it.
Dumas is fantastic - good old fashioned swashbuckling at its best! Downloaded 1984 recently to re-read. So little time... Went through a short story phase recently - Maupassant, Borges, Hanif Kureishi, Bernard McLaverty, William Trevor, Alan Sillitoe.Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
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I would like to share an interesting website with you, something like imdb for movies.Until The Last Rebel!Comment
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I'm surprised that SkStu reads books. Heh.
What is everyone's favorite music related book?
Mine is probably Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.Comment
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Just finished a cracker actually.
"Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism" by Maajid Nawaz.
The title tells the story. Highly recommended. Some weaknesses (would've preferred more education on the motivation towards extremism in general as his story is so personal to him and his extremism was developed in a western culture)
I also liked the Brian Wilson bio, only complaint was that it's a bit too long. Or at least felt that way at times.
I always liked "Heavier than Heaven" about Kurt Cobain as I was a huge fan but Motley Crüe's "The Dirt" is a whole lot of fun.I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.Comment
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Bumpity-bump.
Looking for suggestions for holiday reading, laze ‘n’ genlmen… Nothing too light, nothing too heavy. Non-fiction is a no-no (I read enough of that for work!). Got a month of rest coming up (the best reason to be an academic!) and on the shelves are a couple of Jo Nesbo’s, Kevin Barry’s first collection of short stories, Lucia Berlin’s collected short stories, Rob Doyle’s frantic, weird first collection 'This is the Ritual' (I’ve a thing for the short story alright) and since that's about a fortnight at most… over to you.
Finished Benjamin Black’s 'Prague Nights' last week. TBH, I’d rather he only wrote as John Banville. He just can’t do crime, although this one being set in 1599 had a bit more going for it that the Quirke books. Only 2 stars on this particular night.Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
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I'm about halfway through Capital by John Lanchester at the moment and enjoying it, other than that recently I really liked Danish Dynamite by Rob Smyth et al. and the Peter Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch.A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes for his friends.Comment
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The White Tiger By Aravind Adiga
Like yourself i read a lot of non fiction and rarely anything else, but this was excellent. Really get an insight into India, and unfortunately all the corruption and poverty, and its a cracking story too!Comment
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