What is East Dulwich reading?

[Hannah125]

The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher. Don't be intimidated by the size - it's such an easy read, so descriptive it totally absorbs you. Wonderful - wish I could read it again for the first time!

[SeanMacGabhann]

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."

[Ted Max]

Shock-Jocks?

[SeanMacGabhann]

Not as gratuitously "shocking" as some no...

[Moos]

Oh yes - I loved it too SeanMac - almost, almost made me stop eating meat.

[SeanMacGabhann]

yep - it's doing a better job than all those Smith's albums, that's for sure

[RosieH]

Am thoroughly enjoying Me Cheeta - laughing out loud and convulsing silently on the bus (with the added bonus of often getting a double seat)

[HonaloochieB]

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.

[Ladygooner]

Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn

[macroban]

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.

[flapjackdavey]

the east dulwich forum dee dum dee dum

[immaterial]

The Man Who Was Thursday - G.K Chesterton.

Fantastical literary work; how come it's passed me by for all these years; never recommended to me by any friends or viewed in any booklists? I'm pacing the chapters as I don't want to finish it!

[mockney piers]

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.

[giggirl]

Dear Mockney - I'm depressed just reading your presse of the Blair Government.

Personally, I'm reading the December issue of Conde Nast Traveller. It's not in the least depressing. I can pass it on to you when I'm done if you like?

Px

[Jah Lush]

I am 540 pages into Tolstoy's War And Peace and I'm enjoying it immensely. Only another 900 pages to go.

[????]

Napoleon doesn't capture Moscow.....ooops sorry. Still, saves you a bit of time.

[Brendan]

People don?t actually read Tolstoy do they? I thought it was just something you carried around as a student as a prop to get girls in berets to sleep with you?

[????]

No that's Satre Brendan

[????]

Tolstoy's a bit camper

[Brendan]

Well it certainly weren't viz.

[Narnia]

Surely you mean 'wasn't'?

[Y'man]

Extrordinary People - Daniel Treffert

Long Time Gone - David Crosby

[SeanMacGabhann]

I thought it was satire too quids

[????]

What? Jean Paul Satire?

[SeanMacGabhann]

The very fella - him and his mate Alf KayMoo