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Originally posted by Mad_Sk8er
The wasp factory??its terrible!!
Well, each to their own and all that, but I reckon it's one of the most original books I've ever read.
Really made me laugh, too. In a sort of 'Oh God that's so sick I really shouldn't be laughing' way. Which is often the best.
I've just finished Dirty Havana trilogy,like someone else earlier - it's really filthy,totally un-p.c.,but i thought it was great.
Read a brilliant,really disturbing book callled "no bones" about this young girl growing up in Belfast at the height of the Troubles.Highly recommended.
Has anyway ever read any Jim Thompson...he wrote the Grifters...Pop 1280.....my favourite writer.Some of his books are amazing.
Stopped reading political books a while ago.......need something to take me away from mundanity.......oh trying to read The Master and Margarita as well......
Read a brilliant,really disturbing book callled "no bones" about this young girl growing up in Belfast at the height of the Troubles.Highly recommended.
Has anyway ever read any Jim Thompson...he wrote the Grifters...Pop 1280.....my favourite writer.Some of his books are amazing.
Stopped reading political books a while ago.......need something to take me away from mundanity.......oh trying to read The Master and Margarita as well......
hammerntongues
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thumbs up for Dirty Havana trilogy nearly finished it in the first week of reading, makes a change to read a dirty, and lets be honest , real dirty book that is well written. Strange to think tyhat most this was all going on in the last 10 years whilst Cuba opened up and tourists flooded in.
Was it originally in Spanish ??
Was it originally in Spanish ??
Voley
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'Understanding Thai Buddhism' by ML Manich Jumsai. Some of it makes sense; quite a bit of it doesn't. I might have to come back to it in my next life. 
Also just started 'Catch 22' for the second time because so many people keep going on about how good it is. I started reading it years ago and thought it was boring but I'm giving it another go.
Also just started 'Catch 22' for the second time because so many people keep going on about how good it is. I started reading it years ago and thought it was boring but I'm giving it another go.
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
American Scream - The Bill Hicks Story
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Cynthia True
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Closely following on from Ego Trip's "Rap Lists" , I am now reading their "Big Book Of Racism".
Being as my ear is nowhere near to the ground as it used to be , I was unaware of the existence of the (now defunkt) Hip-Hop bible that is "Ego Trip". I have since bought a load of back issues but i can highly recommend either of these books ; the first if you have even an inch of interest in Hip-Hop / Rap , and the second if you have no hang-ups about the crazy world of race relations.
Both are highly researched and well written , with a very tongue-in-cheek look at their subjects.
Being as my ear is nowhere near to the ground as it used to be , I was unaware of the existence of the (now defunkt) Hip-Hop bible that is "Ego Trip". I have since bought a load of back issues but i can highly recommend either of these books ; the first if you have even an inch of interest in Hip-Hop / Rap , and the second if you have no hang-ups about the crazy world of race relations.
Both are highly researched and well written , with a very tongue-in-cheek look at their subjects.
naughtyboy
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Death In The Afternoon by Hemingway
I knew I was going to enjoy it from that point on!
flypanam
Sausage to fortune
dipping into Daniel Bensaid's 'A Marx for Our Times' Its heavy going as you would expect from a lecturer in philosophy in France.
The general gist is to recover the marx of critical inquiry from the deterministic marx of stalinism.
Also reading at last the 'Borribles'
The general gist is to recover the marx of critical inquiry from the deterministic marx of stalinism.
Also reading at last the 'Borribles'
exosculate
a stagger with a beat
Hard Work
by Polly Toynbee
Just read this. And would highly recommend this book. Its about low pay/poorly housed Britain and the struggle to survive. I think its weak on analysis of solutions, but its wonderful for its description of the problems.
If you are interested in this kind of stuff then in my view its a must read.
by Polly Toynbee
Just read this. And would highly recommend this book. Its about low pay/poorly housed Britain and the struggle to survive. I think its weak on analysis of solutions, but its wonderful for its description of the problems.
If you are interested in this kind of stuff then in my view its a must read.
exosculate
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Roadkill
I have that on my list of books to buy. I did have a quick look at this book in the shop a few weeks ago. And read a bit of it as you do. I think the position of the working poor in USA is actually much worse, which is really saying something cos it aint great here.
Actually I think I might start a thread about Polly's book.
I have that on my list of books to buy. I did have a quick look at this book in the shop a few weeks ago. And read a bit of it as you do. I think the position of the working poor in USA is actually much worse, which is really saying something cos it aint great here.
Actually I think I might start a thread about Polly's book.
Let's see.... Surely I'm not the only one who tries to read 3-4 books at once?
The latest Granta (#81) (Best of Young British Novelists-2003)(utterly lovely, short, vignette-like pieces). Great bedside or bar-stool reading!
A Peace to End All Peace, by David Fromkin
(terrific background to Middle East, starting with divvying-up of Ottoman Empire after the Great War). Bernard Lewis' stuff is good, but difficult to get through, as it's rather dry.
NOT Out of Africa, by Mary Lefkowitz. Maybe only of interest to Americans, subtitled "How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History."
And this is only the "A-list" on my "current-reading" shelf!
(Would love to get feedback from other readers of these books. PM me!)
The latest Granta (#81) (Best of Young British Novelists-2003)(utterly lovely, short, vignette-like pieces). Great bedside or bar-stool reading!
A Peace to End All Peace, by David Fromkin
(terrific background to Middle East, starting with divvying-up of Ottoman Empire after the Great War). Bernard Lewis' stuff is good, but difficult to get through, as it's rather dry.
NOT Out of Africa, by Mary Lefkowitz. Maybe only of interest to Americans, subtitled "How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History."
And this is only the "A-list" on my "current-reading" shelf!
(Would love to get feedback from other readers of these books. PM me!)
han
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Originally posted by Mad_Sk8er
The wasp factory??
Ian M Banks rocks, Look to Windward is one of my favourite books ever
The Wasp Factory? Predictable?!
I nearly had a heart-attack of surprise at the end of that book!
You must be one tripped out mothafucka to find that book predicatble!
just finished my latest James Lee Burke....stories of a ex alchoholic lousiana cop who 's aways losing his badge battling with the old racist clans, polluting companies, the New Orleans mafia and psycho ex contra scumbags ...Roubicheaux must be the coolest cop in books ( and dont tell anyone on the politics threads i said that! )..he is not only hard as fuck he is politically correct...his adopted daughter is a refugee from the contras, while much the writing is so cool/beautifull in its descriptions of the south/the bayou etc
and a question!!! ive got 3/4 of the way thru Girlfriend in a Coma...( i think couplands last 3 books..miss wyoming, all families and this have been really top class fantastic brilliant!)...and it is brilliant..but i dont want to go on!!...she has just come round..and it sort of seems that is enough!! should i continue..???answers without telling me there is some fked up twist please!!
thank u!
)..he is not only hard as fuck he is politically correct...his adopted daughter is a refugee from the contras, while much the writing is so cool/beautifull in its descriptions of the south/the bayou etc and a question!!! ive got 3/4 of the way thru Girlfriend in a Coma...( i think couplands last 3 books..miss wyoming, all families and this have been really top class fantastic brilliant!)...and it is brilliant..but i dont want to go on!!...she has just come round..and it sort of seems that is enough!! should i continue..???answers without telling me there is some fked up twist please!!
thank u!
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
just finished American Scream
just bought Once More, with Feeling: How We Tried to Make the Greatest Porn Film Ever__by
Victoria Coren & Charlie Skelton
Reviews:
'An eminently readable account of utter filth. Just my cup of tea.' Griff Rhys Jones
'Funny, insightful and not at all unpleasant. Well, okay, maybe a little bit unpleasant but you can always avert your gaze.'
Jonathan Ross
'This is the Springtime For Hitler of porn. It's a gripping adventure, and obviously the funniest book you'll read all year.'
Caitlin Moran
'Strangely avoiding the obvious title Hansel and Gretel in Porno Hell, Victoria and Charlie have succeeded in writing a book they are not old enough to read. Certainly I wasn't.'
Clive James
‘Exceedingly funny’ Tatler
'I haven't started it yet, leave me alone' Throbbing Angel
just bought Once More, with Feeling: How We Tried to Make the Greatest Porn Film Ever__by
Victoria Coren & Charlie Skelton
Reviews:
'An eminently readable account of utter filth. Just my cup of tea.' Griff Rhys Jones
'Funny, insightful and not at all unpleasant. Well, okay, maybe a little bit unpleasant but you can always avert your gaze.'
Jonathan Ross
'This is the Springtime For Hitler of porn. It's a gripping adventure, and obviously the funniest book you'll read all year.'
Caitlin Moran
'Strangely avoiding the obvious title Hansel and Gretel in Porno Hell, Victoria and Charlie have succeeded in writing a book they are not old enough to read. Certainly I wasn't.'
Clive James
‘Exceedingly funny’ Tatler
'I haven't started it yet, leave me alone' Throbbing Angel
Orang Utan
They cannot crucify you if your hand is in a fist
Continue!!
You're right - it does have a massive fucked up twist - very apple pie but shocking nonetheless
Huey P Newton's "Revolutionary Suicide"...
I'm at the bit after the trial, were he's been thrown in the slammer for manslaughter after being shot by a racist pig. Some great examples of collective initiative against the system..
" Let us go on outdoing ourselves; a revolutionary man always transcends himself or otherwise he is not a revolutionary man, so we always do what we ask of ourselves or more than we know we can do".
I'm at the bit after the trial, were he's been thrown in the slammer for manslaughter after being shot by a racist pig. Some great examples of collective initiative against the system..
" Let us go on outdoing ourselves; a revolutionary man always transcends himself or otherwise he is not a revolutionary man, so we always do what we ask of ourselves or more than we know we can do".
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Durruti: Yeah, James Lee Burke is a really good crime writer. I read 'Purple Cane Road' recently and liked the beautiful descriptions of Louisiana as much as the twisting plot.
Roadkill: "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy' is also a great book. Greg Palast really cuts through the shit.
I've just finished 'Surviving The Killing Fields' by Haing S Ngor. Utterly horrific. And it's all about places that I've just visited so seems horribly real to me right now. Seen the movie, read the book, visited the mass grave.
Nearly finished 'Catch 22' now, too, which I've enjoyed a lot more this time round. Particularly as I mentally picture Yossarian as our Yossarian iyswim.
Roadkill: "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy' is also a great book. Greg Palast really cuts through the shit.
I've just finished 'Surviving The Killing Fields' by Haing S Ngor. Utterly horrific. And it's all about places that I've just visited so seems horribly real to me right now. Seen the movie, read the book, visited the mass grave.
Nearly finished 'Catch 22' now, too, which I've enjoyed a lot more this time round. Particularly as I mentally picture Yossarian as our Yossarian iyswim.
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