| Author | Message | ||
     Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
What should my next book be. It's not going to take long to get through the Lionel Fenn. Should I choose Blinding Light - Paul Theroux Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth Lisey's Story - Steven King Tide of souls - some bloke who hangs round in waterstones | ||
| Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.156.38.66 |
I have the one by the bloke who hangs around in Waterstones though haven't had a chance to read it yet.... Lisey's Story is great King if you are a fan of his style. gcw | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 89.240.59.35 |
Portnoy's Complaint is excellent and hilarious, and there's no excuse for not reading it immediately... | ||
| Rosswarren (Rosswarren) Username: Rosswarren Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 86.143.49.10 |
I'd go for Lisey's Story, although I am part way through Tide of Souls and enjoying it. | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan) Username: Jonathan Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.143.178.131 |
TIDE OF SOULS! TIDE OF SOULS! TIDE OF SOULS! | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Portnoy's Complaint has been much maligned by readers who think it's not a novel, and that the protagonist's psychotic tendencies (which lift it beyond the realms of satire into something quite disturbing) are expressions of the author's personal views. A striking passage in Roth's recent novel Exit Ghost explores this growing tendency among critics to assume that the main thing on an author's mind is 'representation'. Which means, for example, that Macbeth has to be assessed in terms of how fairly it 'represents' the Scottish community... So do read Portnoy's Complaint. Once you've finished Tide of Souls. | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 89.240.59.35 |
(Sort of) On the subject of Tide of Souls, here's a review of The Narrows that I put at the In The Gloaming website the other day... http://inthegloamingpodcasts.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/gr4-the-narrows-by-simon-b estwick/ | ||
| Mark West (Mark_west) Username: Mark_west Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.39.177.173 |
Good review, Natt, it'll be interesting to hear your thoughts on the rest of the book! | ||
| Nathaniel Tapley (Natt) Username: Natt Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 89.240.59.35 |
Thanks, Mark. I'll hopefully be reviewing the rest of the book some time in February. [OT] I'm also going to do a slightly reworked version of the review I put in the books thread of The Birthing House, with some added thoughts on genre fiction, but I'll let you know when I've popped that up. [/OT] | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
Mr bestwick - you've been rather silent on this one... | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.196 |
I think he's got internet problems at the minute. | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.167.138 |
No, I've got them sorted now! Finally back online. But you know what a shy and retiring type I am... Nathaniel- thanks very much for your kind review! 'Tis much appreciated, sir. Weber- you mean you haven't read the fecking thing already you bar steward?! ;) | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.44.33 |
Forget the ones on your list, Weber - read The Catcher in the Rye instead. You know you want to... | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56 |
No thanx. Been there, done that, gave it away to the first bidder. |