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The GOT Book Club



Just sent for this:

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The blurb:

Socrates was always special. A hugely talented athlete who graduated in medicine yet drank and smoked to excess, he captained the 1982 Brazil team, one of the greatest sides never to win the World Cup. The attacking midfielder stood out - and not just because of his 6'4" frame. Fans were enthralled by his inch-perfect passes, his coolness in front of goal and his back heel, the trademark move that singled him out as the most unique footballer of his generation.
Off the pitch, he was just as original, with a dedication to politics and social causes that no player has ever emulated. His biggest impact came as leader of Corinthians Democracy - a movement that gave everyone from the kitman to the president an equal say in the running of the club. At a time when Brazil was ruled by a military dictatorship, it was truly revolutionary.
Passionate and principled, entertaining and erudite, Socrates was as contradictory as he was complex. He was a socialist who voted for a return of Brazil's monarchy, a fiercely independent individual who was the ultimate team player, and a romantic who married four times and fathered six children.
Armed with Socrates unpublished memoir and hours of newly discovered interviews, Andrew Downie has put together the most comprehensive and compelling account of this iconic figure. Based on conversations with family members, close friends and former team-mates, this is a brilliant biography of a man who always stood up for what he believed in, whatever the cost.
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Anyone read it?
 
dandydan said:
Got 10 free ebooks for signing up with amazon on my new phone, which was nice. I think i'll start with "3 days in june" an account of 3 para at mount longdon.
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Ok late update as i had to buy the bloody thing. But one of the best war books i have read, and I have read a fair few. Most of the accounts are from corporals and below a real squaddies eye view of a battle overshadowed by goose green.
There are hearbreaking stories of men, boys dying too young such as the lad who died 4 hours into his 18th birthday, another who got his first fathers day card before the battle.
Must read for anyone interested in the falklands war.
 
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Just finished this.

A real slow burner, which gathers pace as it progresses. Superb ending.

Set in Berlin after Germany had won the war. A former detective, now part of the SS, investigates a seemingly innocent drowning, which leads him to the discovery of a plot to obliterate the Jews in Europe and cover up the holocaust, as Germany makes overtures towards President Kennedy's USA.

Incredibly moving in parts and hard to read, as some of its based on fact - the systems for working the gas chambers to maximum efficiency, descriptions of before and after in the gas chambers, the weight and amount of human hair / teeth collected.

A very good book.
 
COYBL25 said:
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Just finished this.

A real slow burner, which gathers pace as it progresses. Superb ending.

Set in Berlin after Germany had won the war. A former detective, now part of the SS, investigates a seemingly innocent drowning, which leads him to the discovery of a plot to obliterate the Jews in Europe and cover up the holocaust, as Germany makes overtures towards President Kennedy's USA.

Incredibly moving in parts and hard to read, as some of its based on fact - the systems for working the gas chambers to maximum efficiency, descriptions of before and after in the gas chambers, the weight and amount of human hair / teeth collected.

A very good book.
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read that book actually.took me a minute to recognize it.very good read.
 
I've just finished reading: The Catholics, the church and its people in Britain and Ireland from the Reformation to the present day. It's written by Roy Hattersley (anyone remember him?) and its absolutely first class. One of the best books I've read in a long time, history come to life. The only criticism I have against it, is Hattersley's decision to include Ireland in the book because the discussion of Irish Catholicism is far to complex an issue for the limited space he affords it in this book (you'd need another book the same length to do the subject justice). He'd of been better off leaving them out altogether and writing a separate volume for Ireland. That being said it doesn't detract from an amazing and extremely entertaining book. 10/10.
 

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