I need to give my middle brother our Crimbo list and I'm holding up the process. I'd like to ask him to buy me a book (by tomorrow at the latest). The spec is:
Modern (written after 1990)
Of modern lit, I like the Dragon Tattoo series, Dark Materials, MW Craven.....
So, mysteries, a bit dark, not full of gory violence but intriguing, with a twist, but not absurd.
Of wider/older literature I liked Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), HP Lovecraft, Graham Greene . . . . Ngaio Marsh....fairly low brow.
I do not like Amis (father or son) Moorcock and anyone who I might regard as knowingly literary.
Cheers! HWT.
Modern (written after 1990)
Of modern lit, I like the Dragon Tattoo series, Dark Materials, MW Craven.....
So, mysteries, a bit dark, not full of gory violence but intriguing, with a twist, but not absurd.
Of wider/older literature I liked Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), HP Lovecraft, Graham Greene . . . . Ngaio Marsh....fairly low brow.
I do not like Amis (father or son) Moorcock and anyone who I might regard as knowingly literary.
Cheers! HWT.
