Thanks for the rec mate, fascinating read and quite frightening that the 5th biggest army in the world is a mercenary army run by right wing religious lunatics .
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The GOT Book Club
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Thanks for the rec mate, fascinating read and quite frightening that the 5th biggest army in the world is a mercenary army run by right wing religious lunatics .
Inventing Japan by Ian Borouma.
Follows the path of Japan from 1853 to 1964. Very interesting read
Follows the path of Japan from 1853 to 1964. Very interesting read
Thought you'd get into that one mate, the stuff about Blackwater and other contractors is interesting enough (and well scary) but I also thought it gave a solid overview on why Iraq is in such a state.
ToffeeDoug
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Two recent books:-
Graham Greene's The Power And The Glory, one of my 'O' Level books from 1981, first time I have read it since
Lemmy's autobiography, White Line Fever, from 2003, hysterically funny in places
Graham Greene's The Power And The Glory, one of my 'O' Level books from 1981, first time I have read it since
Lemmy's autobiography, White Line Fever, from 2003, hysterically funny in places
Great work of literature. Recently, I re-read it as well. One of the true masterpieces of the 20th century.
You may be interested in Shusake Endo's Silence. It's a somewhat similar novel that follows a Portuguese missionary priest in Japan during the years of Christian persecution. I believe Scorsese's film on Silence will be released later this year.
ToffeeDoug
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I loved reading it, but strangely had virtually no recollection of it from reading it twice as a 15-16 year old. Heavyweight stuff really, lots of issues confronted in it, Mexico of the 1930s, hard to imagine that modern day teenagers would read such a book for their GCSE.
ToffeeDoug
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I must give this book another go sometime soon, read it several years back for the first time, and it simply did nothing for me.
Cheers mate , if you like your Antony Beevor books, he has a brand new one out - Ardennes , Hitlers Last Stand.
Only out in hardback at the mo, but it's had great write ups.
CahillsCornerFlag
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Agreed. Didn't do anything for me, couldn't see why it had attainted such cult status either.
Gwladysstreetlad
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The Gutter and the Grave by Ed McBain. An enjoyable read so far.
Pat's Van
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possibly to do with it's "assassin's handbook" reputation
This'll probably be my next read
Wasn't that the one that The Magus (John Fowles) was inspired by?
For those who like southern (US) noir, these two popped up on a cheap Kindle list this month and are worth reading:
Black Water Rising : Attica Locke (Houston-based crime - present-day but connected to civil rights movement era as well)
The Rules of Wolfe : James Carlos Blake (set in the border country with drug cartels - if you like Don Winslow or Daniel Woodrell you'd probably enjoy this one)
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Documentary on BBC 4 tonight at 10-45. Exploring the rise in the early sixties of Nothern writers such as Alan Sillitoe and Shelagh Delaney, and their influence in bringing Northern culture to a wider audience.
I don't know to be entirely honest with you. I don't know a great deal about the book but it came recommended so I got it to check out.
ToffeeDoug
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About to start The Face of Battle by John Keegan.