Recommend just one book to Read,and sell it to us .

[Kurt.]

Odd choice but The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton, he’s a forensic psychologist. The book follows his career from early days to where he rose to and highlights some of the cases he worked on and the patients he worked with. Not a literary classic by any means but I was fascinated by it.
His follow up book Picking up the Pieces is equally as good.

 

[TrailerTrash]

Read ‘The Name of the Rose’ recently. Was amazed by just how many other stories this has influenced. Dunno if you bother with computer games or not, if you do, then check out ‘Pentiment’ which is loosely based on The Name of the Rose, it’s great.
I still prefer ‘Foucaults Pendulum’ as far as Eco goes, but only just!

Not heard of the game, so will look it up! Never tried Foucault's Pendulum.

 

[Blue 1]

The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh.

It's the story of a soldier collecting bodies for burial after the end of the Vietam War, intermingled with flashbacks from his past, written in a stream of consciousness style. It does not romanticise war as many war novels do, and his depiction of the loss of innocence and his anguish over his war memories are heart-wrenching. One of the most moving books, and the best war book, I can remember reading.

 

[kev]

'Fly fishing' by J.R. Hartley
(one for the older members)

 

[CrustySack]

I may have read Earth Abides 5 times or more, a true classic in every sense.

About the same amount of times as well. The recent TV series set in modern America was a huge let down though.

 

[CrustySack]

Same here with The Road and being a dad.

First time I read it, I was that cut up, I had to out for a walk just to get my head together.

I still try and read it once a year, but really have to prepare myself mentally to read it.

I hated the film when it came out, but I`ve mellowed a lot towards it now, as I`ve come to accept that they`d have never got a certificate if they`d been faithful to the book, although the beginning with the Charlize Theron cameo was completely unnecessary and added nothing to the film.

I saw the film before I read the book and thought it was fantastic movie and very dark. It still didn't prepare me for the book though which affected me for a few days after reading it.

 

[Lapeno77]

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.

It's an autobiographical account of his life upto 2000 and how he ended up as a chef.

But, it is the antithesis of the celebrity cook stuff that followed in it's wake. It's not pretty and to be honest you want look at a restaurant then same way again but it's really entertaining.

Sad he's no longer with us but at least thanks to him, I'll never order fish on a Monday.