Summertime, and the livin's easy. My idea of a relaxing time is cirled up somewhere comfy (sofá, bed, beach, lawn) with a good book, and now the football season is dormant, I'm Reading. Just finished the wonderfull Shogun by James Clavell, and I'm now on art history with the Simon Sharma book, Power of Art. The guy is worth a look as he's done a couple of great history books, the french revolution 'Citizens' and the trilogy about the history of Great Britain. Anyone else Reading anything interesting?
Just read "Far from the Madding crowd" for the 3rd time after seeing the film. Carey Mulligan was a fantastic Bathsheba, but for my money Matthias Schonaerts as Gabriel Oak was too much of a loner, far different from Thomas Hardy's creation, who was friendly and one of the lads, even. I'm now reading a history of British beer.
Hollywood by Bukowski. I've read all his stuff, favourite author by a million miles, just re-going through the collection. Next up, Ham on Rye. Oddly weird that I identify myself slightly with the protagonist, Henry Chanski. Maybe not!
What a pretentious bunch you are. I am revisiting books I haven't read in a while. I have just finished Animal Farm. Am making a start on Catcher in the Rye.
Murder bag by Tony Parsons. British crime story. Had me hooked in three pages..... Parsons has a new hardback out this week Amazon delivering today. I am also expecting KL a history of concentration camps. Obviously not a light read but from a sneaky browse in water stones it's well written. If you haven't read them, the five shardlake books by C.J Sansom are fantastic. Crime, lawyer books set in the court of Henry the eighth.
I'm halfway through both High Rise and Concrete Island by JG Ballard. Also reading Puckoon by Spike Milligan and Mark Steel's In Town book. I also write my own things so I mainly read those as they are fantastic.
