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The GOT Book Club

LostLegend said:
Quality read that. Read through that and 'Barbarossa' straight after each other when I was going through a War book stage ;)

Also, try:
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Deffo worth a read imo
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Thanks mate, going on.my reading list. Just got another Beevor - Berlin, which I,m reading next week. He's makes subjects that could be quite "dry " very readable. I,ve recently finished Keanes biography. I thought he didn't do himself justice to be honest and downplayed a lot of the stuff he'd actually done . Also going to get Leningrad State of Siege by Michael Jones.
 
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COYBL25 said:
Thanks mate, going on.my reading list. Just got another Beevor - Berlin, which I,m reading next week. He's makes subjects that could be quite "dry " very readable. I,ve recently finished Keanes biography. I thought he didn't do himself justice to be honest and downplayed a lot of the stuff he'd actually done . Also going to get Leningrad State of Siege by Michael Jones.
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I've read 'Berlin', it's excellent. Keep meaning to read 'Stalingrad', you've just reminded me.
 
atrottel said:
Just finished 1491 - history of the Americas before Columbus. Very interesting, especially about the 'civilisation' of North and South America.
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Starting on the sequel 1493 when I've had a breather.
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Good book mate, read that a while ago. I'd recommend the open veins of Latin America, really interesting book on the exploitation of South Americas resources from the conquistadors to modern day by Eduardo Galeano. Also Howard Zinn's A people's history of the United States in the same kind of ballpark as 1491
 

Since every copy of 'Blood Meridian' in the Liverpool library system is always out (I blame this thread ;) ) I've gone back to the old fairhful war books.

Currently reading:

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Pretty good read so far.

I'd also highly recommend:

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This focuses more on the history of the regiment and their role in conflicts from WWII, Malaya, Northern Ireland, Falklands and up to more modern conflict.

It also details the SAS more shady operations. Supporting the armies of despots in places like Liberia and Darfur merely as they were friendly to British trade routes as the Empire was in its death throes following WWII.

Written by the longest serving member of the SAS as well.
 
Don't know if these have been mentioned but I would highly recommend the Bernie Gunther novels by Philip Kerr.
It details the escapades of a detective through pre- war Germany, the Nazi period and post - war in S.America.

Along the way he has dealings with some major figures in the Nazi hierarchy whilst trying to hide his anti- nazi sympathies.
He's a sarcastic bugger and reminds me of US noir books of the forties and fifties : a world weary detective against the vicissitudes of the world.

http://www.crimefictionlover.com/2012/10/the-bernie-gunther-novels-by-philip-kerr/







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summerisle said:
Don't know if these have been mentioned but I would highly recommend the Bernie Gunther novels by Philip Kerr.
It details the escapades of a detective through pre- war Germany, the Nazi period and post - war in S.America.
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Jonathan Rabb ones are good as well - three books (as far as I know) about a detective in pre-War Berlin with secret left-wing sympathies.

Been reading a bit of crime recently - the Varg Veum books by Gunnar Staalesen are good (about an ex-social worker turned private detective in Bergen, Norway). Only a few have been translated, though.

And some James Sallis were on offer on Kindle - Drive (book that the film was taken from) and the John Turner trilogy were worth reading.
 

atrottel said:
Jonathan Rabb ones are good as well - three books (as far as I know) about a detective in pre-War Berlin with secret left-wing sympathies.

Been reading a bit of crime recently - the Varg Veum books by Gunnar Staalesen are good (about an ex-social worker turned private detective in Bergen, Norway). Only a few have been translated, though.

And some James Sallis were on offer on Kindle - Drive (book that the film was taken from) and the John Turner trilogy were worth reading.
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Is Jonathan Rabb a British Writer ? Sounds like the premise of the early Kerr books
 
summerisle said:
Is Jonathan Rabb a British Writer ? Sounds like the premise of the early Kerr books
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He's an American.

The first of the books is set around the murder of Rosa Luxemburg, the second around the Berlin film industry in the Thirties (and an important development in the film industry generally), and the third is around the Berlin Olympics.
 
atrottel said:
He's an American.

The first of the books is set around the murder of Rosa Luxemburg, the second around the Berlin film industry in the Thirties (and an important development in the film industry generally), and the third is around the Berlin Olympics.
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Cheers, I'll give him a go
 
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Just finished - Birdy by Willam Wharton.

Being honest I enjoyed the film more than the book. The writing style is similar to that in Catcher in the Rye. I expected more of it as it's an American Classic. The tale of two young American men pre and post 2nd World War One of whom decends into serious mental illness that leads him to think he is a bird - hence Birdy.
 
Just finished Jaws, and it was ok.

I then read clockwork orange, which I thought was hard work

Reading To kill a mockingbird at the moment and Very good

After reading Game of Thrones And then Conn Igguldens books on Ceaser and Ghengis Khan, I thought I need a different approach.

Hence all of the above
 

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