BillF Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 11 hours ago, Bluesnik said: Oh, I recently read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which I liked. Probably Le Carré's best. 3 hours ago, jlhoots said: Finally got around to Franzen: Corrections. Liking it. Rereading it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 31 minutes ago, BillF said: Probably Le Carré's best. Have you read The Perfect Spy? On 25/11/2021 at 8:02 PM, mjazzg said: This one perhaps? Very good, written by Bennett and two very good actors in Oldman and Molina https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears I watched this one at school in English class. I remember really enjoying it. About three years ago, I remembered it and decided it would be a good film to watch with my wife and mother in law when she was staying with us over the Christmas period. I'm not actually sure that it was such a good film for that purpose. My mother in law still talks about it. At least it was an education for her too, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Have you read The Perfect Spy? I watched this one at school in English class. I remember really enjoying it. About three years ago, I remembered it and decided it would be a good film to watch with my wife and mother in law when she was staying with us over the Christmas period. I'm not actually sure that it was such a good film for that purpose. My mother in law still talks about it. At least it was an education for her too, I guess. Yes, I have read The Perfect Spy. I haven't seen the film version of Prick up Your Ears, but I've read the book. (See above.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 14 hours ago, Bluesnik said: Oh, I recently read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which I liked. Le Carré's a master at grabbing the reader's interest with a memorable opening scene. That one with the guy living in a caravan at the end of the school playing fields is unforgettable. Clearly a guy with a history, but we don't know what. Great stuff! Another favourite opening scene is in The Looking Glass War, which begins with an assassination outside a snowbound airport in northern Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 The Boys, by Ron and Clint Howard, was a fun autobiography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Hat off to Ghost who hipped me to this. It's an in-depth survey on glam rock and its followers, by Simon Reynolds, one of the most interesting writers on popular culture from the last times. I know his Retromania, Pops obsession with its own past. Turns out he's my age. So he's lived through both glam and post punk. Just as me: the first as a kid, the second in my twens. Glam and Post punk are the two faces of the same coin. And Reynolds has books on both, which I both have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) I like the British author Jeffrey Archer and have some of his books. But for fluent reading I read them in romanian language. this one is the "continuare" of "Kane and Abel" ( Cain și Abel ) and when I´m through with it there will be a third volume , something with "President".... Edited January 13, 2022 by Gheorghe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Jess Walter: The Cold Millions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghost of miles Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Reprint of a 1964 book penned by a writer who spent several months with the Beatles in late 1963 and early '64... very candid, matter-of-fact account of them navigating Beatlemania: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 New book by a friend, fellow Bloomingtonian, and native Southerner about the band the Drive-By Truckers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Serioza said: Great writer - Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel - new novel coming out early April. Edited January 29, 2022 by jlhoots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serioza Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, jlhoots said: Great writer - Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel - new novel coming out early April. can't place her entirely as crime fiction writer, Station Eleven is quite baffling.. Edited January 30, 2022 by Serioza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghost of miles Posted February 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 10:29 AM, Bluesnik said: Hat off to Ghost who hipped me to this. It's an in-depth survey on glam rock and its followers, by Simon Reynolds, one of the most interesting writers on popular culture from the last times. I know his Retromania, Pops obsession with its own past. Turns out he's my age. So he's lived through both glam and post punk. Just as me: the first as a kid, the second in my twens. Glam and Post punk are the two faces of the same coin. And Reynolds has books on both, which I both have. So glad you’re enjoying it! I picked up Reynolds’ book on rave culture recently, though I’m not sure when I’ll get around to reading it. He’s certainly a writer for whom I like to make time. Reading this very interesting volume from PM Press right now. They have similar essay collections about both radical sci-fi and depictions of youth culture in 1950s/60s/70s pulp paperbacks. (A world still so prominent when I was a kid, just before the advent of VCRs, cable TV, and the eventual rise of digital tech.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 Charlotte Carter: Rhode Island Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, ghost of miles said: I picked up Reynolds’ book on rave culture recently, I plan on picking this up too. In the near future. Energy Flash it's called, I think. Just as the John Beltran song. I also lived through all that: electronic music in the 90s and the 2000s, so I'm interested in the book. 2 hours ago, ghost of miles said: depictions of youth culture in 1950s/60s/70s pulp paperbacks I have a very interesting book called Teenage. The prehistory of youth culture 1875-1945. Though not by him but another Englishman, Jon Savage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Michael Connelly: The Law Of Innocence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Just finished this with my family book club. Good read with a couple of references to Mingus Ah Um and Ornette Coleman. It was not a jazz book, but it hinted that one of the characters was a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 1 hour ago, relyles said: Just finished this with my family book club. Good read with a couple of references to Mingus Ah Um and Ornette Coleman. It was not a jazz book, but it hinted that one of the characters was a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 12 hours ago, relyles said: Just finished this with my family book club. Good read with a couple of references to Mingus Ah Um and Ornette Coleman. It was not a jazz book, but it hinted that one of the characters was a fan. Friend of mine and I have committed to reading this before we meet for lunch next month. Right now, a book that’s really fascinating so far: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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