Under-the-ground Anchor it’s brilliant isn’t it. All three of them are great. Makes you want to travel & read .
Anchor Rudi halfway through Hawthorn and Child - Read 150+ pages in a matter of days and I am a slow reader. I have no real idea what is going on but I want to read it all the time. It is remarkable. Just bought Animals.
Rudi Anchor Glad you like it. His new one, "A Shock", is excellent. I don't know he manages it - no plot, not much happening, characters with little or no redeeming qualities ... and yet you can't stop reading. Clever fella.
codhead SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM (1935) by T.E. Lawrence ("of Arabia")--arguably still the best book ever if you're trying to understand Arab history and culture. A must if you're into military history (which I'm not).
Under-the-ground codhead oh yes. An absolute classic. They don’t make blokes like that no more. A proper hero
Kevin_Stapleton Beatlebone by Kevin Barry. Imagined mentalist journey by John Lennon through the west of Ireland in 1978. Acemans. He's my new favourite writer. Five reclusive rock stars out of five. 👍️
Anchor Rudi Yeah - I am going to read animals then get a shock when I've done that. Hawthorne and Child is nonsensical yet captivating. It is really a set of short stories - loosely and bizarely connected. A whole chapter about someone with clear mental health issues and we don't learn their name or their part in it all! Ace. I already dont want it to end.
Rudi Young_Marxist_at_Tescos That's on my pile, I think it's the only one of his that I haven't read. That Last Boat To Tangiers was excellent.
Kevin_Stapleton Young_Marxist_at_Tescos I was looking at that last night. Either that or his latest one next
