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Re: New now reading

Postby KeithPratt » 13 Jan 2017, 14:32

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Further reading as part of my course. Quite readable if you have a basic knowledge of Roman history.

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Re: New now reading

Postby jl » 14 Jan 2017, 09:18

I might finally get a chance to start reading for pleasure again this week, and John le Carré's 'Absolute Friends' is next on the shelf. I'm trying to make a sustained effort to get through 21st C novels this year as I always feel severely under-read with them.

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Re: New now reading

Postby Darkness_Fish » 16 Jan 2017, 11:49

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Private dick investigating mysteries via resolutely over-boiled noir prose. Loving it.
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Re: New now reading

Postby Jimbo » 16 Jan 2017, 12:09

Darkness_Fish wrote:Image

Private dick investigating mysteries via resolutely over-boiled noir prose. Loving it.


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Re: New now reading

Postby clive gash » 16 Jan 2017, 12:22

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The Men’s Club by Leonard Michaels review – 152 pages of escalating stupidity

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/ ... els-review
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Re: New now reading

Postby clive gash » 16 Jan 2017, 12:29

Also, when tripping balls, this

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And curiosity called, so I caved and bought this

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Re: New now reading

Postby jl » 17 Jan 2017, 05:06

clive gash wrote:And curiosity called, so I caved and bought this

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The hype over that is justified. So many clever little threads run through it.

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Re: New now reading

Postby Fonz » 17 Jan 2017, 12:17

'Wicked Beyond Belief'
Michael Bilton

An account of the Yorkshire Ripper hunt.

Too graphic in places. I don't need to know everything about how those poor women were defiled. But, as a bit of local ( I was born and bred in Halifax, a quarter of a mile away from one of the murders) history it is very interesting. Though I was young when it was all going on I have very clear memories of the news reports, and general level of fearfulness that pervaded the (women) folk at the time.
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Re: New now reading

Postby Robert » 19 Jan 2017, 14:45

toomanyhatz wrote:The Zinn is pretty dry reading. And for a would-be-centrist like myself (mind you, the complete kookiness of the far right pushes me further and further to the left) it's a bit strident.

That said, as revisionist tomes go, it has an admirable consistency and adherence to its own worldview.


It is a bit dry, yes, and he goes at length to explain that the sheer mentioning of facts is not enough, they must be valued properly and given the indebted amijn t of airtime and placed in context. I suspect it will take me a few weeks to finish it but the book offers a wealth of knowledge about USA's history from a wide variety of sources.

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Re: New now reading

Postby Robert » 19 Jan 2017, 14:46

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Robert wrote:Joe Gould's teeth was good but not extraordinary. This one promises to be a life changing event according to the introduction:


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I have that on my shelf and I've always meant to get to it. Do let us know what you make of it.


Certainly will do once I am halfway finished.

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Re: New now reading

Postby Snarfyguy » 23 Jan 2017, 17:14

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Finally getting around to re-reading the sequel to Pohl and Kornbluth's The Space Merchants, only now I don't remember what happened in the first book, even though I only re-read that a couple of years ago. Oh well!
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Re: New now reading

Postby Minnie the Minx » 23 Jan 2017, 18:49

It's a long time since I read any Hemingway and I just finished The Sun Also Rises. I've unearthed a load more in the bookcase, that's all the next reading for the next few weeks.
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Re: New now reading

Postby Fonz » 24 Jan 2017, 11:25

Minnie Cheddars wrote:It's a long time since I read any Hemingway and I just finished The Sun Also Rises. I've unearthed a load more in the bookcase, that's all the next reading for the next few weeks.


'Death in the Afternoon' is a strange one. I am anti-bloodsports, but found the book, and pictures , fascinating in the extreme.
Worth reading to give some context to certain aspects of Spanish culture.

A well written book.
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Re: New now reading

Postby Minnie the Minx » 25 Jan 2017, 13:59

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Minnie Cheddars wrote:It's a long time since I read any Hemingway and I just finished The Sun Also Rises. I've unearthed a load more in the bookcase, that's all the next reading for the next few weeks.


'Death in the Afternoon' is a strange one. I am anti-bloodsports, but found the book, and pictures , fascinating in the extreme.
Worth reading to give some context to certain aspects of Spanish culture.

A well written book.


Funny you should mention. I was thinking last night about how the beauty of the writing about bullfighting doesn't detract from the horror. I'm just talking about the scenes from The Sun Also Rises too. I may give DITA a miss.
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Re: New now reading

Postby Goat Boy » 25 Jan 2017, 14:04

Confederacy of Dunces

This is right up my street. Easy to read and follow and laugh out loud funny
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Re: New now reading

Postby Minnie the Minx » 25 Jan 2017, 14:15

Goat Boy wrote:Confederacy of Dunces

This is right up my street. Easy to read and follow and laugh out loud funny


Yeah, it's wonderful.
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Re: New now reading

Postby clive gash » 25 Jan 2017, 17:06

Here's the article by Greil Marcus that hipped me to "Confederacy..."

https://greilmarcus.net/2014/07/02/unde ... row-82180/
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Re: New now reading

Postby clive gash » 25 Jan 2017, 17:10

And, on BCB advice (Pig Bodine?) this is fucking great too, not a million miles away from yer Ignatious

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Re: New now reading

Postby clive gash » 25 Jan 2017, 17:10

Dorky
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Re: New now reading

Postby kath » 25 Jan 2017, 17:12

Minnie Cheddars wrote:
Goat Boy wrote:Confederacy of Dunces

This is right up my street. Easy to read and follow and laugh out loud funny


Yeah, it's wonderful.


i love it, too.


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