jlhoots Posted August 4, 2022 Report Share Posted August 4, 2022 Morgan Talty: Night Of The Living Rez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesnik Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) I have just finished today this And it's as superb as everybody says it is. I'm a big Winslow follower, mind you. And if it's the beginning of a new trilogy. It's the Irish mob against the Italian one in New England. So an end with Mexico and back to the USA. Edited August 9, 2022 by Bluesnik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, Bluesnik said: I have just finished today this And it's as superb as everybody says it is. I'm a big Winslow follower, mind you. And if it's the beginning of a new trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HutchFan Posted August 12, 2022 Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 Robert Penn Warren has been one of my favorite authors ever since I read All the King's Men in college.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr jazz Posted August 12, 2022 Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 My uncle and Ted Hughes got into lots of mischief at Cambridge, so my parents knew him and Sylvia Plath quite well. RPW was a good friend of my grandfather and I remember meeting him several times as a child. I read the Winslow-good but not as good as the narco trilogy which is top tier, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 12, 2022 Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, mr jazz said: My uncle and Ted Hughes got into lots of mischief at Cambridge, so my parents knew him and Sylvia Plath quite well. RPW was a good friend of my grandfather and I remember meeting him several times as a child. I read the Winslow-good but not as good as the narco trilogy which is top tier, IMO. I met Hughes briefly in 1984 at a course on teaching creative writing. He seemed very approachable. Is your uncle mentioned in the Hughes biography? Edited August 13, 2022 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted August 12, 2022 Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 Just finished both "From Swing to Bop" by Gitler and "Tonight at Noon" by Sue Mingus. I recommend both. And I'd like to thank all those here who recommended the Gitler. It's terrific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted August 12, 2022 Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, medjuck said: Just finished both "From Swing to Bop" by Gitler and "Tonight at Noon" by Sue Mingus. I recommend both. And I'd like to thank all those here who recommended the Gitler. It's terrific. I have it on my shelf waiting a reading. Looking forwards to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Andrey Kurkov: Death & The Penguin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 11 hours ago, jlhoots said: Andrey Kurkov: Death & The Penguin the sequel's good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr jazz Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 21 hours ago, BillF said: I met Hughes briefly in 1984 at a course on teaching creative writing. He seemed very approachable. Is your uncle mentioned in the Hughes biography? Believe so-Lucas Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 hour ago, mr jazz said: Believe so-Lucas Myers Yes, loads of references, including a page on the Cambridge antics! You'll have to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brad Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Reading this for a Hemingway book club I belong to. Not an easy read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted August 23, 2022 Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 Reading another novel by Robert Penn Warren: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Not for the first time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) Just finished this: It is a very fine book and it's true it connects back to The spy who came in from the cold, which I luckily had read beforehand. Now on to this one: Which I like a lot. First because that music interests me very much. And second because I lived through all that when I was about 20. And it's true what Reynolds says about punk being destructive and post-punk (which the book deals in) constructive. I already said once here that I was never so much into punk, but all that came afterwards yes. Because for me post-punk was as exhilarating as 60s music. And here I agree with the author. A book I'll enjoy very much. But I don't know if I have the US or British version. I have that exact version. I know the initial British edition had a different cover, but I don't know if this is a reprint or what. A good review of when the book was published in 2005. Edited August 30, 2022 by Bluesnik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesnik Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 8:05 PM, Bluesnik said: I know the initial British edition had a different cover, but I don't know if this is a reprint or what. I have checked today and the book is a 2019 reprint of the English edition from 2005. One year later, in 2006, there was the American. On Penguin. The British is and was on Faber & Faber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, Bluesnik said: I have checked today and the book is a 2019 reprint of the English edition from 2005. One year later, in 2006, there was the American. On Penguin. The British is and was on Faber & Faber. I deliberately sought out the UK edition when I read it a couple of years ago. The US version is abridged and about 200 pages shorter. It's a great book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 Rereading Shantaram. Soon to be a series (finally) on Apple +. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 10 hours ago, ghost of miles said: I deliberately sought out the UK edition when I read it a couple of years ago. The US version is abridged and about 200 pages shorter. It's a great book! Yes it's a great book, and I was after the UK edition as opposed to the US, because of what you said some time ago. But I ordered it from my local bookshop and didn't know what I got. Specially since the cover was different. But now I know it's a reprint of the UK edition and can be calm. But it was logical they were ordering from the UK. I'm in Europe after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 Reading this and Billy Boy Arnold's autobiography and a book about American railroads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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