It's a cracking read. Read this when I also bought Moonglow and A Visit From The Goon Squad when I fancied some chunky American novels - three good purchases.
Goodnight and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Britain by David Cavanagh. Lengthy but really absorbing. Peel was not perfect, but he was a genius. Love the man.
The Nix by Nathan Hill. Very enjoyable so far, but it's long and it's in hardback, so it's making my bag heavy when I go to and come back from work. I really shouldn't complain. Before that, Idaho by Emily Ruskovich which was borderline OK/good and A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan...
I think that's part of the attraction - an ending that's not really an ending. Like a cross between Kafka and Ballard. I should check out his other stuff.
I agree it wasn't the best year, but Satin Island is very entertaining - as a fellow office worker with exposure to consultants, it's worth a read, if you haven't already.
I've had this for a while, but I keep putting off starting it. Let me know if it's worthwhile! I'm halfway through the much easier The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway. Should be finished in a couple of days. Was considering revisiting The Return Of The Native by Hardy afterwards.
Love that book - a great read. Unlike A Little Life, which marked the first time in about 15 years when I had to give up on a book - couldn't be bothered to soldier on for the inevitable onslaught of brutality, and was finding the characters really quite annoying anyway. Currently reading A...
You've reminded me that I missed the last two episodes of The Durrells on ITV. Shame, because I was enjoying it as good Sunday evening telly. Have to see if it's still on catch-up somewhere....
Finished H Is For Hawk by Helen MacDonald - very good, interesting read, even though I have no interest in birds of prey - it's all about the emotional attachment/impact of training the bird and dealing with grief. Now on Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household - a classic spy hunting novel. Gripping...
It's not easy going until you get into the rhythm of it. I've been a Thomas fan for a good long time - I think I'm drawn to tragic, doomed literary figures. I enjoy the tension in his writing between the idealization (to an extent) of the countryside and its working people and his sense of his...
I read this a few months ago. Cracking book, hasn't aged at all. Nice use of Peacehaven.
Currently reading: Dombey & Son - Charles Dickens; just finished The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie. You can't beat a bit of Christie when you're after an easy 1-2 day read.
I love a bit of Hardy - a bit of rural misery goes a long way, never ends well. Jude the Obscure is a bit devastating. Can't help feeling a little bit sorry for Henchard.
I've changed my interpretation since I re-read The Four Quartets. However, I think it's one of those things where you have...