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Sorry,film chat in the book thread... Recently read 69 by Ryu Murakami. A nice coming of age story set in 60s Japan. | |
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![]() | I'm reading "Into The Wild", the story of Chris McCandless aka "Alexander Supertramp". Watched the film on Saturday night and quite enjoyed it so I thought I'd try to get an idea of the real story, not the Hollywood version.
__________________ ![]() Cobra Kai on that there MySpace. OFFICIALLY the best rock band in Aberdeen! Go on, I dares ya. AberZine - where Lucky & Gladstone review YOUR shit music. Aberzine Bands Night #1 - Captain FACE / Point Of Origin / Autumn In Disguise / Which Way Now. Fri 9th April @ Tunnels. |
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Found this interview excerpt: CAPEN: Someone offhandedly made the remark that you had once said you were "Raymond Chandler reincarnate." ELLROY: I never said that. Raymond Chandler is not a guy that I admire anymore. I think his books are softheaded and full of bad writing. I think Hammet is a much more important guy. CAPEN: Even things like The Big Sleep? ELLROY: Yeah. Maybe not like you James, sorry. Now reading World Without End by Ken Follett. Don't you love it when someone gives you a book to read and it's 1,200 odd pages!? Zipping through it already - medieval England tale of adventure, friendship and change...see ya in a month. | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Just finished Blaze by Steven King. Was written ages ago under an alias (which i can't remember off the top of my head) that he used to write crime novels. If you've read any other King stuff, well worth a read. Still very much Kings style, but interesting to read it out of the horror genre. |
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That should make my trip even more miserable! Last edited by Sue Denim..; 09-12-2009 at 11:01.. Reason: My space key didn't want to work! | |
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Now reading Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon. I am devouring it. The man is a fucking genius and should not be allowed to die. Attention to detail is incredible and it is so easily read. The only bad thing about it is that it makes your life seem shit. I'm just sitting at my desk answering phonecalls like "I can't log into your website, can you help?" and I'm like "What the fuck?! a 14 year old girl has been murdered, the the commisioner is cutting out the chain of command and chewing my ass cos this motherfucker is a red ball which ain't goin down because I don't have a motherfucking crime scene! You want me to help your sorry ass log into a fucking website?!". | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Have you read anything else by him? I got Gravity's Rainbow about 7/8 months ago and that is pretty much how I felt as well, so after I finished that I got V., The Crying of Lot 49 and I'm now 200-odd pages through Against the Day. Far and away the best author I've ever read, he is truly astounding! |
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