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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, May 28, 2018.

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  1. askewshair

    askewshair Well-Known Member

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    Sorry. but you clearly havent met chazz
     
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    Just reading The Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacIntyre.
    True story of a KGB operative who started as a double agent spying for England in the 80’s.
    Heavy at first until you get your eye in on the Russians names, but fascinating. Proper old school spy messages sent by which carrier bags people were using and which chocolate bar they were eating.
     
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    Len Deighton's Game, Set and Match trilogy is still a classic fictional version of how things were spy-wise in the latter period of the cold War. I read it again recently and enjoyed it. Reminder of just how different the UK was a mere 35 years ago, culturally and how (better, apart from restaurants, ha) we were.
     
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    Reading an hilarious (audio) book from a one-time junior doctor, Adam Kay, called This Is Going To Hurt - The Secret Diaries Of A Junior Dr; saying it's hilarious doesn't really do it justice, it's funny, touching, shocking, stomach churning ... I recommend it to the forum!
     
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    Just finished that, absolutely gripping. But then I'm a sucker for spy stories...
     
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    Strange death of Europe, Douglas Murray. Enlighteneing, informative, depressing, frustrating, anger inducing, alarming, disturbing ..... and all fact based. But a great read (or listen in my case, on audible).
     
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    Currently reading.
    Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
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    Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace - Autobiography
     
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    You can get The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist free on Kindle at the moment.
     
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    This forum.
     
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    Should be required reading for everyone
     
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    The amber room by steve berry...theres a whole series from him..brilliant books
     
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    Big Sky by Kate Atkinson is a very good read, another in the Jackson Brodie detective series.
     
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    ..... just to clarify .... it's NOT about Covid-19!!
     
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    Anybody read those Mick Herron books, the ones about Slough House?

    I've read the whole series now and I still can't decide if I like them or not!
     
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    I'm currently reading The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather.
     
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    I read the review. It's on my to do list.
     
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    The North Water is 99p today on Kindle Daily Deals if anyone is stuck at home and starting to go stir crazy.
     
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    Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, about the Trojan War from the perspective of a slave girl.

    Much better than it sounds! Well, I liked it.
     
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