Can you list them for me to avoid embarrassing incidents?
Currently on "The girl that played with fire" by Steig Larsson.Very very good, BUT why did I choose to start the trilogy on the second book, not the first
I have just finished Lanark by Alasadair Gray, which is dark and bleak and ambitious, and probably not as good as it wants to be. it's another book I've been meaning to read for ages.
Are Mr Larrington and I the only fans of the Smell of Reeves and Mortimer?
Quote from: Deano on 23 June, 2010, 11:18:21 pmI have just finished Lanark by Alasadair Gray, which is dark and bleak and ambitious, and probably not as good as it wants to be. it's another book I've been meaning to read for ages.I went through all the Alasdair Gray I could find, many years ago. Interesting books.
Quote from: Bledlow on 24 June, 2010, 07:08:58 pmQuote from: Deano on 23 June, 2010, 11:18:21 pmI have just finished Lanark by Alasadair Gray, which is dark and bleak and ambitious, and probably not as good as it wants to be. it's another book I've been meaning to read for ages.I went through all the Alasdair Gray I could find, many years ago. Interesting books.I've got 1982 Janine unread in a box somewhere. I'll have a skeg and try to find it.I sounded a bit negative previously, probably owing to the fact that there is so much in the book to mull over! Lanark was an extremely engrossing and thought-provoking read. I enjoyed the scale and ambition, but I though the references to a Faust/Faustus-style over-reacher were extremely apt, as the author's ambition seems to outstrip his abilities. It doesn't quite hold together, and some parts are horribly self-indulgent, but it's a dazzling ferment of ideas, and the picture he paints of Glasgow is astonishingly detailed and vivid. It's one I'll have to re-read.
"Pandaemonium" by Christopher Brookmyre.
Just chewed through Transition (great)