08-28-2013, 11:10 AM | #17521 |
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I'm currently reading one of my hardback First Editions of "The Eyes of the Interred," by Nobel winner Miguel Ángel Asturias
This is part of his 'Banana Trilogy.' I enjoy magical realism and have enjoyed reading his works since having discovered him in 1973 - with this book, by the way. Don |
08-28-2013, 11:48 AM | #17522 |
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I just finished Indecent Exposure by the late Tom Sharpe; a ruthless no-holds-barred satire of the South African police and South African politics during Apartheid. It was quite funny and quite dark. No heroes in this tale; only some very unlovable but interesting characters. The only bad part is that not everyone dies in the end.
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08-28-2013, 12:09 PM | #17523 | |
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Currently reading The Rebels of Ireland by Edward Rutherford, having enjoyed The Princes of Ireland earlier in the month. Also listening to the excellent Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, but for that I need a box of tissue and a private place so as not to cry in public. |
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08-28-2013, 01:13 PM | #17524 |
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Currently reading two books -- David Weber's In Enemy Hands, #7 of the mainline Honor Harrington series, and Rick Mercer's A Nation Worth Ranting About.
In Enemy Hands is a well known quantity, and I'm mostly listening to it. Not one of the best in the series, at least at the beginning. The Rick Mercer book, on the other hand, is an absolute gem. This man is arguably the funniest Canadian ever, unarguably a Canadian Treasure, and the book is a collection of Rants from his weekly show, combined with some commentary and new material. Even though I've watched every edition of his show that these rants are pulled from, they are still fresh, incisive, witty and well worth reading. Highly recommended. |
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Another great book of his is Blott on the Landscape, this time in an English country house setting. Very funny. Was made into an excellent TV series starring M. Hercule Poirot himself, David Suchet. He has also written a number of other standalone and short series novels, including Porterhouse Blue, which is set in a fictional English University, again hilarious. There is a follow-up, Grantchester Grind, which I can't remember having read, so it's now on my TBRL, thanks to your reminder . |
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I agree that it's a wonderfully witty book, but just to note that it's set in a fictional College in Cambridge University. The university is very real .
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I have decided after all this revisiting of Tom Sharpe books to reread Wilt, as it is so long since I first read it, and then catch up with the latest instalments, Wilt in Nowhere (#4) and The Wilt Inheritance (#5), neither of which I can remember reading. |
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08-29-2013, 07:29 AM | #17529 |
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I'm halfway through Stephen J. Cannell's "Prostitute's Ball," the first of his Shane Scully series, and it is typical SJC! Fast moving, light reading, with good plot twists and characters.
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08-29-2013, 07:53 AM | #17531 |
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I'm currently reading The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson, the last in the "proper" Mistborn trilogy. I know there is a fourth book and a fifth book will be released next year but those are set centuries later.
It's a very good read, not the usual end of a series where loose ends are tied up, a lot of new things are still introduced and I can't guess how it will end. It's very hard to put down. |
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