Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano, cos people here seem to rate him.
Quite enjoying these in a they-slip-down-easily-remind-me-of-Sebald-(kind-of) way
Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano, cos people here seem to rate him.
'shagiography' is this the new psychedelia and if so, where do i sign up?!see, that WAS a shagiography. So, good gag, wrong book
The Mitford sisters' letters.
Has kept me shocked, enthralled, smitten and made me laugh out loud continually.
Recommend....
What kind of book is this? Just gonna have a look see if i can find it x
it is a collection of letters that the mitford sisters sent to each other during their lives. Edited by charlotte mosley (granddaughter of diana mitford)
very interesting and well worth reading (it's not a small book!)
Pennimania - loving your "mitford wallow"
The Story of the Pogues by Carol Clerk
cheers NVP
It's good, but it's verging on being a hagiography in places tbh.
Glad you enjoyed it. There was a lot of stuff in it I didn't know about (the slpits, mainly).
I only heard Hells Ditch for the first time a few weeks back due to reading that book. It's surprisingly not all that bad, considering. There's maybe three songs on it that are really pretty good, the rest's filler.
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Also started The Accidental, by Ali Smith last night. Hmmm...time will tell whether it's a great big heap of pretentious twaddle...
i thought this, it was awful and i felt robbed that i'd wasted my time on it!
'Love in a Cold Climate' Nancy Mitford.
Absolutely hilarious. If you can get over the fact it's about the upper classes ( ripping the shit out of them) - it's a fantastic read.
The dialogue and gameplaying between 2 young sisters is particularly funny and well observed.
Lightning by D.Koontz - so far so good