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View The Sash's Profile The Sash Flag Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 28 Nov 13 11.08am Send a Private Message to The Sash Add The Sash as a friend

Currently in the middle of a bit of a Steinbeck fest

Of Mice & Men and Grapes of Wrath just finished..Cannery Row next

Quite stunning books for differeing reasons and The Grapes of Wrath is as relevamt today as it was when it was written. The way business f*cks people hasnt changed one iota

 


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View Moose's Profile Moose Flag In the sewer pipe... 28 Nov 13 11.16am Send a Private Message to Moose Add Moose as a friend

Ploughing through Simon Kernick's thrillers at the moment. Currently reading "Target" which, like all his books I've read so far, is well written, fast moving and London based.

 


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I Am the Secret Footballer

Quite an entertaining read - seems he may be Dave Kitson, but an easy read and an interesting insight from inside the game

 

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RIVETHEAD-tales from the assembly line by Ben Hamper.so funny!

 

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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.

 

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Quote The Sash at 28 Nov 2013 11.08am

Currently in the middle of a bit of a Steinbeck fest

Of Mice & Men and Grapes of Wrath just finished..Cannery Row next

Quite stunning books for differeing reasons and The Grapes of Wrath is as relevamt today as it was when it was written. The way business f*cks people hasnt changed one iota

Probably the greatest descriptive writer of all time in my eyes, is Steinbeck. Grapes of Wrath takes a while to get going but once it does it's absolute quality.

Trying to read up on economics so have started flicking through the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Have recently read some great books though, Town like Alice by Nevil Shute, Keef Richards' autobiography, complete epic history of Greece and Rome, Chavs by Owen Jones; all worth reading but for varying reasons.

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 28 Nov 13 12.47pm

I've started the Morrissey book. Afraid to say that for such a brilliant lyricist, his prose is facking awful. It might end up in the charity shop...

 

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Quote nickgusset at 28 Nov 2013 12.47pm

I've started the Morrissey book. Afraid to say that for such a brilliant lyricist, his prose is facking awful. It might end up in the charity shop...


Was gonna start a thread about this Nick. I gave it a go but found it pretty poor, even as an ardent Morrissey and Smiths fan. Written like a poet trying to write a novel, very flowery but lacks a bit of substance, similar to why I never really enjoyed Dorian Gray by Wilde. Also very poorly edited, loads of grammar issues and unnecessary passages, I gave up when the court case description neared its 100th page.

 


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Her Privates We / Frederic Manning

Finding it a bit hard going. I like the lingo but I prefer war books to be about the action rather than the uneventful, mundane day-to-day life

 

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The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck

A wonderful book

 

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Quote cpal4eva at 19 Dec 2013 4.44pm

The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck

A wonderful book

Finished that recently - stunning book

I am just about to start Homage to Catalonia - dont know how good it is but Orwell is a genius writer way ahead of his time for me


 


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Ressurecting the thread with:

"Becoming Johnny Vegas"-Michael Pennington.

 


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