Hiho everyone, Went shopping yesterday, didn't buy
anything(shock), but had my husband picking up loads of books
in the crime section of Waterstones going "Hey whassis one
supposed to be like?" A couple of them, Motherless Brooklyn,
I could say Yep, supposed to be excellent, but in the end I
was just going
"How the **** should I know" (There were children present).
So guys can you tell me what these are like? I can't remember
them being discussed, or if they were must be the old short
term memory thingy. RAYMOND CHANDLER OMNIBUS- VARIOUS GOD IS
A BULLET - BOSTON TERAN STITCH - JOHN B SPENCER
WHASSIS LIKE: TWO Have seen the video of BROWN'S REQUIEM in
my local, any good folks? Speaking of vids, watched DIVORCING
JACK, the book of which we discussed many moons ago, it was
pretty good, black comedy most definitely,good characters,
but even to someone in the next country, the North of Ireland
could be in a different galaxy. Which leads me on to one of
my Christmas books, THE DOPE PRIEST, BY NICHOLAS BLINCOE.
Maybe not 100% HB, not as much as his others, maybe more of a
comedy/ thriller, but the politics of modern day Israel/West
Bank/Palestine etc make for some byzantine plot twists (I
think that's a bit of mixed metaphor) and it's pretty OK (I
like his Manchester books better)
I HATE THAT BOOK; I also thought of a Q which kinda leads on
from the "blown away" thread. What books/authors do members
of the list really, really dislike, maybe in the face of
popular or critical opinion. Or is there someone whose work
you read and hated at first, but then had a change mind over.
Perhaps even the other way around, did you totally love
someone's work and one day realise that they made your teeth
itch? Or even someone who you can't read past the first
paragraph. I guess I should start, guess who I'm going to
slag, yep Vicki Hendricks IGUANA LOVE ibid lots of times.
Over to you guys.(Of course we will remember not be too
nasty) Speaking of which, can I just say Scott Turow! Don't
worry Pat, you've come to the right place, we can cure you of
this worrying affliction. Jane
Inthefirst@onelist.com
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