gaudinho's stolen car
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Just read The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo. He does some good thrillers.
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What book have you just read?
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hackneyslim
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Blue Melbourne said:Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Two very different books but I highly recommend them.
Chinaski is great, in his way, really great. Like Kerouac with a sense of humour.
McCarthy is, however, without many peers. Coetzee, Odaantje, Hemingway?
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'The Control of Growth and Differentiation in Plants'. It was a laugh riot.
BertTrautmann'sParachute
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Jacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot for a second time. As stunning as I remembered it.
LongsightM13
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Both are superb, mate.Blue Melbourne said:Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Two very different books but I highly recommend them.
If you like Bukowski, check out his favourite writer, John Fante. Specifically The Bandini Quartet, four similarly hilarious tales about a born loser's daily lowlife struggle in a single volume.
For some grisly Southern Gothic in the style of early McCarthy, particularly Child of God, then try And The Ass Saw The Angel by Nick Cave. Never was into his music but his novel surprised me, it is superb.
Just finished The Terror of Living by Urban Waite, a superior debut very reminiscent of No Country for Old Men.
Now on some vintage pulp/noir reissues from the superb US-based Hard Case Crime series. Wonderful stuff, right down to the hand-painted covers, usually featuring a half-naked broad with a gun.