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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
I've been reading some Graham Greene lately -- not sure why -- The End of the Affair and Orient Express (aka Stamboul Train) -- his books seem to be about unpleasant people doing unpleasant things to each other unpleasantly -- not really enjoyable, but compelling reads ... if only to find out how badly the characters will behave.
To lighten things up, I turned to Arthur Machen's The Terror -- good melodramatic supernatural fun.
And I'm still trying to plow through Henry James' The Awkward Age -- which I'm finding very hard to stay with -- the endless frivilous 'smart' dialogue is very tedious to my ear.
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I've done a few Graham Greene's this year as well -
Our Man in Havana and also
The End of the Affair.
Right now I am in the midst of the book club read -
The Great Halifax Explosion. I am also listening to Kate Atkinson's
Life after Life.