i'm currently reading 'the baron in the trees' by italo calvino which is ace
from wikipedia:
In 1767, 12-year-old Baron Cosimo Piavosco di Rondo refuses to eat the snails he's been served at table and, in an Italian snit, takes to the trees. He spends the rest of his considerably long life in the trees -- with an occasional stopover on a roof or ship's mast, but never touching solid ground again -- in protest against his father and his family, then society in general. The delightful and witty tale, related by his younger, goody-goody- well-behaved brother Biagio, covers Cosimo's loves, battles, thievery, and ultimate death -- ever true to his principles.
I just finished Glen David Gold's Sunnyside, about Charlie Chaplin, early cinema and America's involvement in World War 1. at over 500 pages a bit sprawling and certainly not perfect but very entertaining,a great read, really enjoyed it.
cosmicomics is also great, but a total mindfuck.
if on a winter's night, a traveller is quite the mindfuck too
yes, i've got the complete works of Calvino, but our ancestors is definitely my favourite one; i've also enjoyed the stories about the italian Resistance (The Path to the Nest of Spiders, etc.).
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I read a whole bunch of reviews and following much wrangling noted down what I fancied only to realise that on heading out on a multi-requirement shopping trip (fuh' dah'...), I'd taken another wider list of holiday shit which simply referred to the heading 'books'. So randomly I bought at the airport in a rush, and did end up enjoying:
'Headhunters' by Jo Nesbo (modern 'Scandi-crime' - first I've read so no 'benchmark' but with sharing the equal joys/burden of two full-on young daughters, great to dip in and out of) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Headhunters-Jo-Nesbo/dp/1846555930
Any good crime thriller suggestions for my holidays
The John Connolly & Robert Crais novels are great but should really be read in order. Also Michael Connelly's Bosch novels and Michael Marshall's brilliant Straw Men trilogy.
Just finished reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt - brilliant read about a couple of hitmen in the wild west. Very dark, brooding, funny and bloody as hell!
Can't beat a beat of Jack Reacher for a holiday read... pulp fiction at it's finest.
Just bought myself Lee Child's 'One Shot' for vacation. I'm going to note down how many times Child writes about Reacher's imposing physicality so I can compare notes with the Tom Cruise movie when it comes out.
Missed this posting Ian to my detriment
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It would certainly make a great CH4 mini drama.
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from wikipedia:
In 1767, 12-year-old Baron Cosimo Piavosco di Rondo refuses to eat the snails he's been served at table and, in an Italian snit, takes to the trees. He spends the rest of his considerably long life in the trees -- with an occasional stopover on a roof or ship's mast, but never touching solid ground again -- in protest against his father and his family, then society in general. The delightful and witty tale, related by his younger, goody-goody- well-behaved brother Biagio, covers Cosimo's loves, battles, thievery, and ultimate death -- ever true to his principles.
really enjoying this so far
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exactly, all superlative!
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it's the difference between growing your own vegetables and buying them frozen in the supermarket
cosmicomics is also great, but a total mindfuck.
if on a winter's night, a traveller is quite the mindfuck too
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yes, i've got the complete works of Calvino, but our ancestors is definitely my favourite one; i've also enjoyed the stories about the italian Resistance (The Path to the Nest of Spiders, etc.).
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it's the difference between growing your own vegetables and buying them frozen in the supermarket
Any good crime thriller suggestions for my holidays
Youve got to roll with the punches forgetting whats real
'Pure' by Andrew Miller (not really crime-related but a goody nonetheless)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9037206/Andrew-Miller-...
'Headhunters' by Jo Nesbo (modern 'Scandi-crime' - first I've read so no 'benchmark' but with sharing the equal joys/burden of two full-on young daughters, great to dip in and out of)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Headhunters-Jo-Nesbo/dp/1846555930
Just a report, probably not what you're after
The John Connolly & Robert Crais novels are great but should really be read in order. Also Michael Connelly's Bosch novels and Michael Marshall's brilliant Straw Men trilogy.
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i gave up on the the notion of writing fiction after reading this
I like that, turn it up
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quite simply the funniest book I've ever read
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Just bought myself Lee Child's 'One Shot' for vacation. I'm going to note down how many times Child writes about Reacher's imposing physicality so I can compare notes with the Tom Cruise movie when it comes out.
Tom Cruise is not Jack Reacher.