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just reading "Under The Skin" by Michael Faber


A friend at work gave it to me last year and I never bothered with it - looked like generic rubbish


It's fantastic!! Utterly, utterly horrible (nope, more horrible than you are thinking) , but wonderful imagination and some great writing


Wall Street Journal (among others) has it as an Animal Farm for 21st century -


or as the Guardian notes at the end of their review "Room will now have to be made for Faber alongside Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Irvine Welsh and AL Kennedy."

RosieH Wrote:

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> Am thoroughly enjoying Me Cheeta - laughing out

> loud and convulsing silently on the bus (with the

> added bonus of often getting a double seat)


SNAP! RosieH, it's a laugh fest and a half.

If you've ever read any passive-malicious showbiz autobiographies this one lampoons them perfectly.

There aren't many books that cause me to chuckle out loud on the bus but this one has managed it.

Prompted by the death of Harry Patch I'm re-reading my copy of The Wipers Times.


The Wipers Times was written by members of the "officer class" and not by Tommies like Harry Patch.


Underneath the satire lies the repeated failures in supply-chain logistics. The failure to supply the front-line troops with the equipment they needed.

  • 4 months later...

The Rise of Political Lying by Peter Oborne.

It really is staggering the sheer weight of mendacity of new labour from day one when laid out matter of factly in black and white. Staggering.

And they're still in power.


Sadly though they've marginally improved under Brown the next government will he by the self confessed heir to blairism, and they're good, gain power by basically saying nohing then maintain power by never allowing anyone to pin you down and if they do try distraction, then denial and if all fails, lie.


Utterly depressing.

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