http://www.amazon.co.uk/Millroy-Magician-Paul-Theroux/dp/0140235280
now i'm intrigued...i have to read this too
now i'm intrigued...i have to read this too
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agentundercover
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Picked up Monica Alis new one"Alentejo Blue" (as she can undoubtedly write well and it looks more interesting than Brick Lane) and Nick Lairds "Utterly Monkey" yesterday to read this week...will let you all know in a few days
Picked up Monica Alis new one"Alentejo Blue" (as she can undoubtedly write well and it looks more interesting than Brick Lane) and Nick Lairds "Utterly Monkey" yesterday to read this week...will let you all know in a few days
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scotiasocia
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Shantaram's a great book, sorry to be a nitpicker but it's only based on a true story, read somewhere that parts of it were "fabricated".
Irvine Welsh books are fantastic, once you get into the dialogue, which I found hard and Im a Weedgie!!! His latest one. Bedroom Secrets wasn't up to much, but trainspotting, Glue and Porno are must reads.
I've started reading abook called BOY A, it comes highly recommended so i'll let you all know how it works out.
Anyone recommend any decent biographies? Not footballers, I've read about a dozen and they all seem to be the same with the names/places changed (though "Paul Le Guen: Enigma" by Graham Spiers brought back some memories of happier days...)
Irvine Welsh books are fantastic, once you get into the dialogue, which I found hard and Im a Weedgie!!! His latest one. Bedroom Secrets wasn't up to much, but trainspotting, Glue and Porno are must reads.
I've started reading abook called BOY A, it comes highly recommended so i'll let you all know how it works out.
Anyone recommend any decent biographies? Not footballers, I've read about a dozen and they all seem to be the same with the names/places changed (though "Paul Le Guen: Enigma" by Graham Spiers brought back some memories of happier days...)
scotiasocia
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Uh, just re-read and noticed that....Is he related to that **** comedian Bradley...?
Thought he was Scottish
scotiasocia
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madwhitegiant
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Just finished Ghosts At The Table. Book about history of Poker. Worth a read.
Read on my trip:
The Road - Cormac McCarthy - Wow what a disturbing book, it literally gave me nightmares.. but also haunting and beautiful and lyrical as well..set in a post-apocalyptic America, a father and son fight for survival. Same guy who wrote 'No country for old men', he seems to believe we're all heading towards apocalypse at a rate of knotts.
The long way round - Charlie Borman & Ewan McGregor - Story of the authors trip from London to NY across the Ukraine, Russia and Mongolia on motorbikes. Great adventure tale, good fun to read, especially whilst on your own little adventure!
The House of Meetings - Martin Amis - Story about two brothers sent to the Gulag in Siberia during Stalin-era Russia, and the love triangle formed with a free-spirited Jewish woman. Brilliantly written, by turns funny as hell and deeply unsettling, definitely looking to read more of Martin Amis' work, loved it.
The Sigma Protocol - Robert Ludlum - Spy thriller, fun, B-Movie in novel form. Enjoyable pulp fiction.
Giraffe - JM Ledgard - The story of the largest herd of giraffes to be kept in captivity, in communist-era Czechoslovakia. The writing is absolutely beautiful, like prose, threaded through with dream sequences, Czech fairytales and ethereal moments in time. This is one of the most amazing books I've read - I was actually in tears during the final chapters which has never happened to me before.
The Road - Cormac McCarthy - Wow what a disturbing book, it literally gave me nightmares.. but also haunting and beautiful and lyrical as well..set in a post-apocalyptic America, a father and son fight for survival. Same guy who wrote 'No country for old men', he seems to believe we're all heading towards apocalypse at a rate of knotts.
The long way round - Charlie Borman & Ewan McGregor - Story of the authors trip from London to NY across the Ukraine, Russia and Mongolia on motorbikes. Great adventure tale, good fun to read, especially whilst on your own little adventure!
The House of Meetings - Martin Amis - Story about two brothers sent to the Gulag in Siberia during Stalin-era Russia, and the love triangle formed with a free-spirited Jewish woman. Brilliantly written, by turns funny as hell and deeply unsettling, definitely looking to read more of Martin Amis' work, loved it.
The Sigma Protocol - Robert Ludlum - Spy thriller, fun, B-Movie in novel form. Enjoyable pulp fiction.
Giraffe - JM Ledgard - The story of the largest herd of giraffes to be kept in captivity, in communist-era Czechoslovakia. The writing is absolutely beautiful, like prose, threaded through with dream sequences, Czech fairytales and ethereal moments in time. This is one of the most amazing books I've read - I was actually in tears during the final chapters which has never happened to me before.
A brilliant book. So many moments when i was holding my breath. I read it a second time and picked up quite a few of the more subtle references i missed the first time as it was such a page turner.
i went out and bought "no country for old men" straight away, and again a great book. When the film was released this year i was suprised at how well they had retained the tempo of the book and how the lead was true to the character in the book.