I have not read his Tokyo book yet, anybody got a good word to say about it?
yeah, i really enjoyed it. not read his other stuff (been meaning to for ages...).
claustrophopic. .... repetition. becomes hypnotic.
barbara HATES itAll four of the Riding quartet and also the miners' strike book - nineteen eighty-four (i think). I have not read his Tokyo book yet, anybody got a good word to say about it?
I hear teh Clough book is going to be a film. Wonder what Nigel makes of it all?
god knows how these films will turn out. i'm massively worried about the clough film (media coverage of it appears to be VERY luvvie, i get the feeling theyll try to appease families of the drama a lot more than the book ever did).
Wildly off topic, but Nigel appears to be following his Dad to Derby.
The man the players read.
The White Tiger.
Unspeakably brilliant. The author's voice is nailed on, just perfect.
Never really felt like reading a Booker winner before. Are they always this good?
I loved it too, especially the voice - you could his lips curling, couldn't you?
Yes, but I'm too drunk now to say anything meaningful. I think that The Secret Agent is sort of better although it's not such obviously Great Literatutre if that means anything. For me Lord Jim was the best Conrad one although I've never read Heart of Darkness."Anyone read 'Nostromo'? I'm considering it, I found 'The Secret Agent' pretty fascinating."
Futureshock - Alvin Toffler
Anyone read 'Nostromo'? I'm considering it, I found 'The Secret Agent' pretty fascinating.