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marcusg said:
Much preferred Mr Vertigo and Moon Palace ... ;)
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Leviatán was my first Auster book.

Moon Palace is amazing, I was totally anxious when the character was living in the park 8O
 
some other good reads ...

DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little

Yann Martel - Life Of Pi

Geoff Dyer - Yoga for People who can't be Bothered
This book is superb, half fiction/half travelogue (thailand, amsterdam, paris, rome ...) ... lots of drugs! also Paris Trance by same author is great ... ;)
 
MARKB said:
silvia said:
MARKB said:
I read "love in the time of cholera" - was that by García Márquez?

I think it was. I'm reading A Passge to India at the moment. To be fair it ain't lighting my fuse yet. I think it needs some more work.

Martin Amis is great though.

A book that came highly recommened to me was "The Alchemist" which started well but it ended up losing itself up it's own bottom towards the end.


Any reccommendations for a good holiday read?
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Yes, it's Garcia Marquez. Did you like it Mark? :D

The ALchemist and any Coelho books are really bad, it's all demagogy, you can predict the end in the second line and it's all that cheap pseudo philosphy. But he has a great succes tho
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Yeah I did like it . My mother is a huge fan and she gave me the book.

You've summed up Coelho perfectly. "Cheap Pseudo Philosophy". :roll:

I may give "A hundred years of solitude" a try after your comments. :)
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Me thrice on Coelho (sp?). I have to have books to read on holiday yet I went without for two days in Ibiza once because 'The Alchemist' was all I had left and havin g read half of it I decided to get drunk to forget it. Dross.
 
silvia said:
marcusg said:
Much preferred Mr Vertigo and Moon Palace ... ;)
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Leviatán was my first Auster book.

Moon Palace is amazing, I was totally anxious when the character was living in the park 8O
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Sil you should try Mr Vertigo, it's a beautiful story, about a boy who can fly! 8O :lol:
 
gingerfreak said:
I still love John Fowles' 'The Magus'.
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It is the favourite book of a few people I know so I thought I'd give it a crack. It is a great book but, without giving the plot away, it requires a pinch of suspension of disbelief as to why the protagonist allowed himself to be subjected to so much.

One of my favourites is A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, a real comic masterpiece. Unfortunately, the author committed suicide before the book ever reached the light of day. However, his mother discovered the manuscript and succeeded in getting it published -- it went on to win the Pulitzer Prize!
 
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides. Pulitzer don't remember the year.
IT's the same writer thatn Virgine suicides. IT's an amazing story about a hermaphrodite.
It's a must read ;)
 
Funky - I suggested this before!!

It's cool you like Martin Amis - I'm a big fan, especially Money, The Information and London Fields.

If you like him, have you read Lolita by Nabokov? Amis was really influenced by his work. Lolita is one of the best novel's I've ever read - the language is amazing. Go out and buy it today, you won't be disappointed.

Nish - I've got the DVD of UK Students House 4 to trade if you want...? 8O :lol: :lol: ;)
 
synchronicity said:
If you like him, have you read Lolita by Nabokov? Amis was really influenced by his work. Lolita is one of the best novel's I've ever read - the language is amazing. Go out and buy it today, you won't be disappointed.
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Is that the book that the Kubrick film is based on? I loved the film so might have to get this book
 
cookie said:
synchronicity said:
If you like him, have you read Lolita by Nabokov? Amis was really influenced by his work. Lolita is one of the best novel's I've ever read - the language is amazing. Go out and buy it today, you won't be disappointed.
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Is that the book that the Kubrick film is based on? I loved the film so might have to get this book
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Yes it is....you should check it out!
Oh that reminds me, I should give you back your copy of London Fields....!
 
synchronicity said:
Funky - I suggested this before!!

It's cool you like Martin Amis - I'm a big fan, especially Money, The Information and London Fields.

If you like him, have you read Lolita by Nabokov? Amis was really influenced by his work. Lolita is one of the best novel's I've ever read - the language is amazing. Go out and buy it today, you won't be disappointed.

Nish - I've got the DVD of UK Students House 4 to trade if you want...? 8O :lol: :lol: ;)
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Ok, i kind of pinched your idea a little bit ;)
But what a good idea it was- you can be my co-founder of the spotlight bookclub- how do you feel about that? ;) :)

I'd read Money before but after reccomending him ive read the moronic inferno and and night train which i really enjoyed.

Have had lolita reccomended to me before- i might just give it a go :D
 
FunkyHouseKitten said:
synchronicity said:
Funky - I suggested this before!!

It's cool you like Martin Amis - I'm a big fan, especially Money, The Information and London Fields.

If you like him, have you read Lolita by Nabokov? Amis was really influenced by his work. Lolita is one of the best novel's I've ever read - the language is amazing. Go out and buy it today, you won't be disappointed.

Nish - I've got the DVD of UK Students House 4 to trade if you want...? 8O :lol: :lol: ;)
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Ok, i kind of pinched your idea a little bit ;)
But what a good idea it was- you can be my co-founder of the spotlight bookclub- how do you feel about that? ;) :)

I'd read Money before but after reccomending him ive read the moronic inferno and and night train which i really enjoyed.

Have had lolita reccomended to me before- i might just give it a go :D
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I'd love to be co-founder with you - how about we discuss the details over dinner...? ;) 8) 8O :lol: ;)

I've actually got loads of unread Amis books which I've picked up second hand - the Rachel Papers, Times Arrow etc...so got those to look forward to.

Currently reading Orlando by Virginia Woolf - really enjoying it!

You on anything good?
 
Maybe we could discuss it over breakfast instead?! ;)
Am reading a book called- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, havent got very far yet but a girl at work loved it and she's usually pretty on the mark.
 
FunkyHouseKitten said:
Maybe we could discuss it over breakfast instead?! ;)
Am reading a book called- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, havent got very far yet but a girl at work loved it and she's usually pretty on the mark.
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I like your thinking kitten - we'll probably have a lot to get to grips with during the night.... ;)

why, where do you work?

I've heard that that book is supposed to be brilliant - you'll have to post a review.
 
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