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Jun 6th 2011, 9:14 am

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Dustybin

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Re: Recommend a book/author

good omens - terry pratchet and neil gamen
any of the brentford triangle books - robert rankin

for those in need of light amusement!

Jun 6th 2011, 11:20 am

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Re: Recommend a book/author

Quote:

Originally Posted by BEVS

Would I like this?

I loved Bone People but then I would.

TOTALLY different, so there's no knowing. Helpful aren't I?!

But I found both very difficult to get in to, but both well worth persevering.

Jun 6th 2011, 11:31 am

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Re: Recommend a book/author

If you like crime have you tried Harlan Coben - he writes about a great character called Myron Bolitar who is a sports agent who solves crimes. The writing is good with a dry sense of humour. Great books

Jun 8th 2011, 6:07 am

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I'm reading 'A Confederacy of Dunces' atm by Jonathan Kennedy Toole. Quite different, I'd recommend it!

Matt

Oh, and if you're looking for a short story 'The Pigeon' by Patrick Suskind is delightfully odd (well, I liked it...)

Matt

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Jun 9th 2011, 8:42 am

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Re: Recommend a book/author

Could someone read “The Spirit Level” for me and tell me if it’s any good?

Keep in mind that I like books from times when it was socially acceptable not to be retarded so complex narrative structure and that sort of thing don’t scare me.