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I've finally got around to starting Middlemarch. Finding it a bit of a plod to be honest but only a few pages in.
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It is so so funny. I need to read it again cannot remember much about it.I'm around 3/4 through David Niven's autobiography The Moons a balloon. Arguably the best autobiography I've read
i've got this vague thing in the back of my head about niven, half a story almost... that he would name drop the some person in every film he ever made? got no idea of the context though...I'm around 3/4 through David Niven's autobiography The Moons a balloon. Arguably the best autobiography I've read
I'm sure I haven't got a copy so have bought it and put it on my pile.I'm around 3/4 through David Niven's autobiography The Moons a balloon. Arguably the best autobiography I've read
Definitely worth reading all three. The Rotters Club, in particular, is a great read if you're of a certain age (Jonathan Coe was a couple of years ahead of me at Uni).Middle England by Jonathan Coe 9/10
The state of the nation from the 2012 Olympics to 2018, Brexit and all. The characters previously featured in The Rotters' Club and Closed Circle. You don't need to read either of them before this (I hadn't), but you'll probably want to afterwards. Often very funny, but ultimately a sad evocation of what's happened to our country in the last eight years.
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It's on my list - England's greatest novel according to some.I've finally got around to starting Middlemarch. Finding it a bit of a plod to be honest but only a few pages in.
Keep going....it develops superbly!!I've finally got around to starting Middlemarch. Finding it a bit of a plod to be honest but only a few pages in.
Disappointing to hear. Most of her books so far have been great!Transcription by Kate Atkinson.
Based on real life MI5 operations during the Second World War to entrap, and ultimately arrest, Nazi sympathisers living in Britain.
It's very pedestrian in parts with not enough flourishes of great writing to make it a page turner. It smacks of an established writer being able to get published simply by trading off her previous works.
It's certainly not bad, but it's not memorable either. 6.5/10
By that George Eliot fella? I did Mill on the Floss for A-Level - one of the most tedious and turgid novels I've ever read.I've finally got around to starting Middlemarch. Finding it a bit of a plod to be honest but only a few pages in.
World of Books....£3.50.I'm looking for The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. Don't suppose you saw it? Even second hand on Amazon it seems to be as expensive as a new copy for some reason.
My wife has read all the Kate Atkinson stuff - reckons she's brilliant. I might have to get round to reading some.Transcription by Kate Atkinson.
Based on real life MI5 operations during the Second World War to entrap, and ultimately arrest, Nazi sympathisers living in Britain.
It's very pedestrian in parts with not enough flourishes of great writing to make it a page turner. It smacks of an established writer being able to get published simply by trading off her previous works.
It's certainly not bad, but it's not memorable either. 6.5/10
Great book (so is The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test) - the astronauts/test pilots were f***ing mental! Up on the lash until 4am, then doing supersonic test flights at 7!I'm looking for The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. Don't suppose you saw it? Even second hand on Amazon it seems to be as expensive as a new copy for some reason.
Sorry..just seen other threads. You have already been told about this site!!World of Books....£3.50.
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I read the Rotters Club back in about 2006 IIRC and I enjoyed it. I'll add Middle England to the list.Middle England by Jonathan Coe 9/10
The state of the nation from the 2012 Olympics to 2018, Brexit and all. The characters previously featured in The Rotters' Club and Closed Circle. You don't need to read either of them before this (I hadn't), but you'll probably want to afterwards. Often very funny, but ultimately a sad evocation of what's happened to our country in the last eight years.
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