jeff_leigh
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The Killer Inside Me - Jim Thompson
*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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Great stuff, I love old JT, me - Pop1280 or maybe Now And On Earth are my favourites of his.
E2a - I rated The Alcoholics as well, although a lot don't like it.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Very unique? It's either unique or not.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Rouse, Classics bod.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I'll have to check that out. Ians not got Eriksons flair but I still rate him as better than most of his contempories
I'm on this doorstep bio of John Lennon. Well, so far its a total arselicking hagiography but there you go
TruXta
tired
Erikson's paved the way for him.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Just started Paper: An Elegy by Ian Sansom (wonder if he's related to C J Sansom? It's not a common name).
not-bono-ever
meh
Travels of a capitalist lackey by Fred Bassnet - a vintage £2 buy @ a charity shop in penge - travelogue about driving to to Tblisi via the arctic circle and home again in a 1926 Alvis. Sounds corny, but was printed in 1962 and rather jolly in a stiff upper lip sort of way.Tally Ho!
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
halfway through The Autobiography of Malcolm X
and just started 11/22/63 by Stephen King (it's about time travel)
and just started 11/22/63 by Stephen King (it's about time travel)
The Political Thought of Joseph Stalin: A Study in Twentieth Century Revolutionary Patriotism - Erik van Ree.
An early Christmas present.
An early Christmas present.
found Reamde by Neal Stephenson in charity shop - bit sceptical because I got bored halfway through his last lot of stuff, basically, everything after Cryptonomicon, but Reamde was an enjoyable, if long-winded read.
Got Abercrombie's Red Country but one of the ingrates got there first. Oh yeah, got a new Erikson but it is part of a trilogy so am pondering hanging on a bit till the next one comes out (thought the Esslemont ones a bit rubbish). Also, got another couple of plant books - Cyclamen (Christopher Grey-Wilson) and Flowers of the Mediterranean (Oleg Polunin).
Got Abercrombie's Red Country but one of the ingrates got there first. Oh yeah, got a new Erikson but it is part of a trilogy so am pondering hanging on a bit till the next one comes out (thought the Esslemont ones a bit rubbish). Also, got another couple of plant books - Cyclamen (Christopher Grey-Wilson) and Flowers of the Mediterranean (Oleg Polunin).
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
This book annoys me more than I can say. I'm putting it down and will return to it later in case I was just in a particularly irritable mood.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
that's very good, proper gory though like most of his work
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Salman Rushdie 'Shame' Its very rushdie, the normal byzantine sprawling of messed up indian relatives and freaky happenings. Quite political as well, wrt pakistan and partition etc.
better than Satanic Verses. Odd that the one that caused the most hoo ha is imo his weakest novel.
better than Satanic Verses. Odd that the one that caused the most hoo ha is imo his weakest novel.
BoatieBird
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What do you think of 11/22/63?
I almost ordered it a couple of days ago and then changed my mind.
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
only about 100 pages in but enjoying it so far, think this is going to be one of his better ones
BoatieBird
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Cheers, I think I'll order it.
I hadn't read any of his stuff for years (read loads when I was a teenager), but I loved Under the Dome
JimW
支那暗杀团
Finally found a contemporary Chinese author I actually like (Cao Zhenglu) so reading my third book by him of the last fortnight or so.
ETA: He's quoted a bit in English here talking about his work: http://chinaleftreview.org/?p=715
ETA: He's quoted a bit in English here talking about his work: http://chinaleftreview.org/?p=715
JimW
支那暗杀团
Intrigued and googled that, does look good.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Read it a while ago - rather different from his usual historical stuff (which I also really enjoy) and well worth a read. I wouldn't bother with his latest "Dominion" though. I found it rather turgid and disappointing.
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
A Drink Before the War - Dennis Lehane
He is very good, have read The Redbreast and Nemesis. I'm going to read the Harry Hole books in order.
I really enjoyed that, also read the next one in the series, Darkness Take My Hand.
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