What is East Dulwich reading?

[SimonM]

>>Was this any good MP? Patricia Cornwell lost me some time ago, I liked the first three or four Scarpetta novels, but got irritated by the inane dialogue in the later ones. And as for that sodding niece of hers...<<

I have got "Scarpetta" to read on holiday next month, but have to say I agree with you. I think I prefer both Kathy Reichs and Tessa Gerritsen out of that crowd, but of course our own Val McDermid really kicks ass!:)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Scarpetta reads more like a bloody Italian cookbook. V. irritating.

[ontheedge]

marcusantonius Wrote:

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> The Secret Scripture - Christopher Barry. Well

> worth all the the acclaim. You could go so far as

> to say 'barry!'. Anyone know what his other stuff

> is like?

I think you will find it's Sebastian Barry The whereabouts of Eneas McNulty ?spelling is very good and is like a prequel to Secret Scripture some of the same characters and give an insight into where the mother in law is coming from. A long way home excellent a really good overview of the Irish in the 1st world war and the conflict between this & rising Nationalism my view anyway.

[gallinello]

Anti-Oedipus, Capitalism and Schizophrenia - Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari

Rhizomes-a-go-go!!

[SeanMacGabhann]

William Leith - Hungry Years

Was never a fan when he wrote columns back in the 90s but he gets a lot right in this book

(ie it ain't about just food)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Just finished The Small House at Allington by Trollope. Great fun, but boy do you want to slap Lily Dale.

[mockney piers]

Currently the laugh a minute The White War - Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919.

Became interested a few years back in finding out more about the conflict after stumbling across many of the battlefields whilst walking in the Dolomites (in fact we can thank the war for sheer number of paths and routes cut through the dramatic terrai)n.

But there was literally zilch in English. This is the first work to deal with it in any great depth outside of Italy or Austria.

[gallinello]

Empire - Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri.

Difficult, interesting and thought-provoking. Political, philosophical, historical, cultural and economic arguments aplenty.

Challenge yourself!

[reenie40]

Mystery Man by Colin Bateman - really making me laugh:))

Usually go the one challenging, one popular route

[immaterial]

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius.

Beautiful, poetical meditation on the fleeting nature of material possessions and institutional power, in comparison with the superiority of the intellectual realm.

Just out in a new, apparently more accessible, translation.

I initially baulked at the ?14. price tag (it's a slender hard-back of just 170 odd pages), but a comrade in the trade got me a copy for ?9 - still pricey, I thought - but you cannot truly put a price on this philosophical masterpiece!

[bon3yard]

The Fabulous Furry Freak Bros omnibus. A trawl through 60s and 70s hippie nostalgia at a bargain 12 quid.

[Msgee]

Geddaadavit, you big ED show offs.

Nunhead is reading the Great Wall menu.

We have to take it in turns to do a line each mind. blurry vision

[Jah Lush]

Recent reads have been The Secret Art Of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre, always like his stuff, Kill Your Friends by John Niven, which is a very funny satire on the music business in '97 and Ive just started Closing Time by Joseph Heller, his follow up to Catch 22.

[immaterial]

Lenin Reloaded: Towards a Politics of Truth.-Various authors.

Stirring stuff, a re-evaluation of the revolutionary, par excellence!

[woofmarkthedog]

The Michael Jackson autopsy , oh it's a real page turner & I'm just getting to the "who done it bit"

Yeah

*OO*

[bigbadwolf]

Winter in Madrid by C.J Sansom.

Yes, it's another spy thriller but this time it's set in post civil war Spain. I've only just started it but I can feel it dragging me in.

[capt_birdseye]

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> Winter in Madrid by C.J Sansom.

>

> Yes, it's another spy thriller but this time it's

> set in post civil war Spain. I've only just

> started it but I can feel it dragging me in.

It's good. I read that first and then read his Shardlake novels, none of which are as good as Winter in Madrid.

[Brendan]

American Splendor - Another Day

The latest but one anthology of Harvey Pekar?s American Splendor series.

[PeckhamRose]

Coping with Death

What to do when Someone Dies

Funerals Without God

(Don't worry, I'm training to be a Celebrant!)

[Moos]

Just finished Bad Science, cracking read, even if I am some poor little blonde female humanities graduate popsy who can barely understand clever Dr. G.

[TillieTrotter]

I've really enjoyed CJ Samson's novels but really didn't like that one much BBW. I hope you do though.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Currently reading Ed McBain - Ollie's Book. So far it's shite.

[Santerme]

I started so I'll finish Stella Rimington's At Risk..

She should have stuck to her day job!!!

[flapjackdavey]

the subtle knife by philip pullman

[woofmarkthedog]

gallinello Wrote:

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> I've just finished 'The Damned United'- David

> Peace.

> An excellent read; depressing and gripping in

> equal measure.

> Thoroughly recommend it.

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Me too......yeah!