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Robinson Crusoe meets Apollo 13 meets Macgyver
The GOT Book Club
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Donald Twain
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They've found Cervantes' tomb in Madrid. Fantastic news for Spain.
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was he in it ?
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I don't remember which GOT member recommend Neil Gaiman to me in the first place (cheers) but after enjoying American Gods a fair amount I finally got round to reading Neverwhere which absolutely blew it out the water. I'd say one of my fave books now.
Donald Twain
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No!
Just finished Berlin, even better than Stalingrad by the same author. The pace of the book for a non fiction book is incredible and you almost feel sorry for the Germans as the Russians take their vengeance on the Germans for the terrible atrocities that they had committed in Russia. Outstanding book.
Just finished this - American Rust. Very good book, but too short at 370 pages as you don't really want it to end so quickly.
Set in a small town in the steel belt in America after the steel mills have closed during the global recession in the late 80's.
Follows the lives on two young men trying to escape the desperation of their lives, very Steinbeck in the theme and the way it's written. Recommended .
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You are welcome. Neverwhere was the first of his that I read, it is brilliant. I'd read his collaboration with Pratchett, Good Omens, when I was much younger. Anansi boys is set in the same 'reality' as American Gods.
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Thanks for yet another rec.
What did you think of the difference between the main characters in the two books? I thought Richard started out much like Shadow but then developed much further and became a superb character. Shadow on the other hand, just seemed so blaise about everything that I found it difficult to actually feel anything for him at all. Gaiman does such a great job of developing the supporting characters, and my only slight criticism of him is that his lead characters (Shadow at least) don't live up to the same standard.
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It's been a while since I read them; I'd need to go back to them. What I like about Gaiman's writing is how he twists the real world to create the fantasy. Parts of it are so familiar yet he can still make that seem weird. There's some dark stuff in there too, he doesn't shy away from the awful things people are capable of, plus he weaves elements of much older stories and mythologies throughout.
If you're interested in character driven narrative, The Name of the Wind that heat mentioned earlier in the thread is really excellent.
A must read for anyone into true crime - The Monster of Florence. Investigation into the still unsolved serial killings of courting couples over a 20 yr period in the area surrounding Florence. Written by an American crime writer and an Italian investigative journalist. Reads more like a novel and both authors were actually arrested by the Italian police as suspects for the murders.
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Anyone who likes to read war books might want to check out my countrys most treasured book
'Unknown soldier' by Väinö Linna
It has been properly translated now by some genious from Princeton University.
will be puplished soon
'Unknown soldier' by Väinö Linna
It has been properly translated now by some genious from Princeton University.
will be puplished soon
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Martin McCartland..Fifty Dead Men Walking.
Auto biog of a Northern Ireland man who turned against the IRA and became an informer to Special Branch.
I worked in Belfast at the height of the troubles,and I can recall some of the horrific crimes committed on both sides.
Superb book..well written.
Auto biog of a Northern Ireland man who turned against the IRA and became an informer to Special Branch.
I worked in Belfast at the height of the troubles,and I can recall some of the horrific crimes committed on both sides.
Superb book..well written.
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