What book are you reading now / or recommend?

[LongsightM13]

Very strange that it’s been relatively ignored.

I always think the same about the 1979 Woolworths fire in Piccadilly as well. Maybe its just the relatively stoic nature of the people of this area compared to elsewhere, after all, Peterloo was only given a proper memorial a couple of years ago

 

[MaineDAWG2008]

Just finished Muhammed Ali bio. Brilliant.

Mike Tyson next.

 

[LongsightM13]

Just finished Muhammed Ali bio. Brilliant.

Mike Tyson next.

Which Ali book mate? There's a few. Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser is considered the best researched and the gold standard - though the early edition I read contained a catastrophic printing error with three entire chapters mistakenly repeated in it!

 

[bluesteve1964]

That disaster is remarkably unknown in the UK, in Greater Manchester or even in Stockport itself, there’s very little even near the site to tell you it ever happened

I’ve lived much of my life in Stockport, and wasn’t even aware of the disaster until perhaps 10-15 years ago.

It does seem strange the lack of awareness about the crash. The pilot (who survived) deserves tremendous credit for putting the plane down where he did considering how built up the area is. No one on the ground was killed. Most of the passengers survived the impact but were killed by the subsequent fire. They were trapped having suffered terrible leg injuries when the seats slid forward. Rescuers on the ground could only watch as the fire took hold. The reports are very harrowing.
Like others have said I lived in Stockport till I was 20 (1985) and only heard about the crash about 10 years ago.

 

[MaineDAWG2008]

Which Ali book mate? There's a few. Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser is considered the best researched and the gold standard - though the early edition I read contained a catastrophic printing error with three entire chapters mistakenly repeated in it!

Jonathan Eig. After reading it, felt that this book was pretty critical of him, in particular it highlighting most of his flaws as a man, being a womaniser and all whilst preaching the oppositie. Take it with a pinch of salt. And BTW thanks, will checkout Thomas Hausers version.

 

[LongsightM13]

Jonathan Eig. After reading it, felt that this book was pretty critical of him, in particular it highlighting most of his flaws as a man, being a womaniser and all whilst preaching the oppositie. Take it with a pinch of salt. And BTW thanks, will checkout Thomas Hausers version.

Likewise will have a look at Eig’s work, cheers. Nothing wrong with a critical biography as long as its honest

 

[bluesteve1964]

That disaster is remarkably unknown in the UK, in Greater Manchester or even in Stockport itself, there’s very little even near the site to tell you it ever happened

Had a delivery to Macclesfield today so called into Hopes Carr on the way back. Remarkable that the pilot managed to miss houses and ditch it into the small valley. Just a few small plaques to mark the site.

 

[discopop]

Play the red queen by juris jurjevics

The story of two American GI cops caught in the corrupt mess of the Vietnam war, It’s very decent

 

[big gaz]

Just finished A song for dark times _ Ian Rankin and started The law of innocence - Michael Connolly.
Some good books on the 100 best books thread in all fairness.

 

[KPXBLN]

really depends what people are after (I'm not gonna read back through 189 pages), but if you like interesting and good crime fiction then James Ellroy, if he's not already been mentioned. (He wrote the book that became the film LA Confidential.) I'd most recommend his American Tabloid trilogy, which covers about 1960 to 1972 ish, with a plot combining a mixture of events that are definitely true (JFK being assassinated, FBI spying on Martin Luther King, etc), events that are true but where the precise details he includes are debatable (the CIA supplying weapons to right wing paramilitaries in Central America etc), and things that are common conspiracy theories but doubtful (CIA involvement in JFK assassination, etc). It sort of weaves together the classic features of crime fiction (angry loner maverick cops with a dark secret, etc) with an interesting political backdrop.