Two stout defenders were not enough to convince the rest of the reasons this book is so well known.Interesting ideas , or unreadable strange and very put-downable.?
Notes from a men's book group in Cheltenham - Beer and books- Erudite and Healthy ( Eruditio et Salubritas) 2002 and still going
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
John LeCarre -Agent Running in the Field
"Marmite" was the only thing we agreed . Half rating it highly , half not enjoying it ...Still an early literary response to Brexit and Trump.
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Anna Burns Milkman
A clear majority verdict in favour . Rather wordy and a bit of editing would have helped the doubters appreciate the humour and language
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Anne Patchett The Dutch House
A good read but not a great book . To neat a finish and some characters not fleshed out perhaps deliberately so ...a modern fairy tale?
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Colin Barrett Young Skins
Linked short stories , gritty energetic ,violent too much so for some . A slice of life we don't normally see.
Thursday, 17 September 2020
George Alagiah -The Burning LAnd
This is Alright . A novel written by a journo not a novelist , some interesting elements some rather formulaic elements .Quite readable and not a waste to have read it.
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