*What book are you reading ?
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cutting between The Ginger Geezer - a very depressing biography of the mighty Vivian Stanshall - and London Orbital by Iain Sinclair (see various other threads in this forum)...
...oh yes, and some college books. honest, guv
...oh yes, and some college books. honest, guv
sussed that one when I watched an interview with her shes about as interesting as a wet weekend in bognor regis.
AARRGGHHH! be careful
i used to refer to everything as being like a wet weekend in Swindon.
guess where the Furve took me for my birthday last year?
and no, it wasn't fucking Barcelona..
just be careful I tell you.
mangakitten
shallow kitty
Oh dear, that's bad news.
I really loved The Secret History and had been looking forward to this book for about 8 years! Is it really that terrible?i have just completed dead air by iain banks which i thought was superb and has rekindled my faith in the man. i really enjoyed wasp factory but havent really got into his other stuff
also outlaws by kevin sampson which was good
now reading irvine welsh porno - superb return to form.....
also outlaws by kevin sampson which was good
now reading irvine welsh porno - superb return to form.....
Johnny Canuck3
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Henry Ford and the Jews.
An Australian horror novel called Goodoo Goodoo.
An Australian horror novel called Goodoo Goodoo.
John Quays
the reverend relapse
Get on the thread, get it out, go away.
The best thing I ever read was The Tin Drum, Gunter Grass, alluded to elsewhere in this thread.
Am currently reading, 'Au bonheur des ogres' by Daniel Pennac, Dog Years by Grass.
I keep trying to read A House For Mr Biswas too, but I'm the laziest reader there is. It's weeks since I last picked up a book.
Literature student, as was, you see.
Missing out on cultural input through idle nature, JQ
The best thing I ever read was The Tin Drum, Gunter Grass, alluded to elsewhere in this thread.
Am currently reading, 'Au bonheur des ogres' by Daniel Pennac, Dog Years by Grass.
I keep trying to read A House For Mr Biswas too, but I'm the laziest reader there is. It's weeks since I last picked up a book.
Literature student, as was, you see.
Missing out on cultural input through idle nature, JQ
themonkeyman
WHOOO HOOOO !!!
Frank Skinner by Frank Skinner
jaksragingsmile
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Been reading American scream, again, the Bill hicks story.
Just finished 'The Crimson Petal and the White' by Michael Faber.
Awesome 800 page novel set in Victorian London about the rise of a prostitute called Sugar.
Like Dickens only saucier...can't recommend it strongly enough.
Hollywood's interested...read it before they fuck it up on film.
Awesome 800 page novel set in Victorian London about the rise of a prostitute called Sugar.
Like Dickens only saucier...can't recommend it strongly enough.
Hollywood's interested...read it before they fuck it up on film.
Originally posted by jacksragingsmil
Been reading American scream, again, the Bill hicks story.
the man is pure genuis, i dont know whether the book did him full credit, or understands the impact he had especially in the uk on a whole generation of comedians and audiance.
Been comfort-reading bigtime, which means things I've read before, generally, but particularly anything by Jackie Susann , especially Dolores and The Love Machine.
septic tank
the wanky Yankee
Just finished Raymond Chandler's 'The Long Goodbye,' which must be his best. Now onto Dashiel Hammet's 'The Continental Op.'
What? So I'm on a bit of a detective fiction kick (turns collar of trenchcoat up, tips brim of fedora down and shrugs).
What? So I'm on a bit of a detective fiction kick (turns collar of trenchcoat up, tips brim of fedora down and shrugs).
Lollybelle
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Infinite Jest - as recommended by Zampano
David Foster Wallace kicks arse, I read Infinite Jest while I was a student because I wanted something huge to read during reading week, thought it was fab. Only more recently got round to reading some other stuff of his, took 'brief interviews with hideous men' on holiday and would recommend that to anyone, less concentration and effort required than for infinite jest but still just as smart, funny and rewarding.
My most recent reading has been Fight Club (which rocked, obviously), In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan (gorgeous, weirdly simple yet fantastical tale), and then Fup by Jim Dodge which was recommended by someone else on here, loved it. And this week I shall mostly be reading Not Fade Away also by Jim Dodge, and 'how late it was, how late', which I'm sure is good but I don't think is really suitable stop-start tube reading, so I'll be saving that for an evening in. In case you're interested.
David Foster Wallace kicks arse, I read Infinite Jest while I was a student because I wanted something huge to read during reading week, thought it was fab. Only more recently got round to reading some other stuff of his, took 'brief interviews with hideous men' on holiday and would recommend that to anyone, less concentration and effort required than for infinite jest but still just as smart, funny and rewarding.
My most recent reading has been Fight Club (which rocked, obviously), In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan (gorgeous, weirdly simple yet fantastical tale), and then Fup by Jim Dodge which was recommended by someone else on here, loved it. And this week I shall mostly be reading Not Fade Away also by Jim Dodge, and 'how late it was, how late', which I'm sure is good but I don't think is really suitable stop-start tube reading, so I'll be saving that for an evening in. In case you're interested.
mangakitten
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I've just started reading 'holding out or giving in' by some girlie woman, which I was hoping was going to be a nice slice of think-free escapism but is actually a huge big pile of poo about some dumb bint being really horrible to everyone she knows. I definately DO NOT reccomend it. 
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
Currently reading "Use of Weapons" by Iain M Banks. Its the first of his sci-fi novels I've read and its bloomin' excellent. The man has a real way with words, the way he writes about love, loss and regret (unusual in a sci-fi novel) is quite moving (although I'm on a bit of a comedown today, so maybe thats why its moved me so much today...)
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