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A cracking read, charting the rags to riches (and back to rags) story of Frank McAvennie.

From the obscurity of playing amateur football, to eventual fame & fortune with West Ham, page 3 girls, champagne & drugs, and rubbing shoulders with celebs & models in London, and then his rapid decline & descent into the world of drugs & prison time.

A real eye opener, and well worth a read.

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If anyone's going to Spain I'd recommend 'Stranger in Spain' by H.V.Morton. A brilliant insight into a Spain that once was and to a degree is still now.
I've lived here 10 years and have always kept this book at arm's length but the insight is amazing. Written in the 50's I think , it's my bedtime reading at the moment and I am so enjoying it.
 
Light reading.......Spike Milligan Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall is f***ing hillarious.

Bill Bryson ........Notes from a Small Island.

Heavier........Orwells 1984 or Animal Farm

Really interesting.......It's all Abot Teo. A diary from a bomb disposal expert on deployment in Iraq with his dog Teo.
 
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The Sea Wolves by Lars Brownsworth. A history of Viking conquests, their assimilation into societies, and their impact on European and world culture to this day. Also a fairly easy read for a holiday.
 
Monster - the story of Fritzel

The damage done - an Australian ends up in prison in Thailand for smuggling drugs. Kinda scary how bad it is

City boys - a hippy gives up his hippy life to try at the city banking. Great insight into the way people are in that world

All based on true stories
 
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Charmless Man said:
I’ve been reading Peter Ackroyd’s History of England series. On the last one but then got another of his next in the queue which is written as a Biography of London walking through its history.

So obvs haven’t read it yet but meant to be very good.
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Loved his biography of London and I ended up getting the illustrated version as well. He is so good on London (Dan Leno/ The house of Dr Dee etc) . Loved his Blake bio too. currently reading his Clerkenwell Tales.
 
The Hillary Mantel series on Thomas Cromwell are brilliant. I was disappointed they came to an end. Fizzing with life they could have been written about yesterday in parliament rather Tudor England.
 
mikem said:
Some classics are classics because they’re just great reads. What about Slaughterhouse Five (unless you’re going to Germany) or Blood Meridian (ditto Mexico)? Both fabulous experiences.
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Blood Meridian is one of those books I hope never gets watered down by being made into a movie or TV series. It would never do the book justice.
 

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