What book(s) are you reading currently? - Page 211

MaxJoker · June 20th, 2017, 04:48 PM

After seven years

Uh huh , can't believe I first read it aged fourteen

anglocat · June 20th, 2017, 04:55 PM

The one book I've got "on the go" at the moment is Bright Lights, Dark Shadows, by Carl Magnus Palm, a biography of the Swedish pop group Abba. I've only read the first few pages!

**Sir Honkers** · June 20th, 2017, 10:56 PM

Hawk. The 14th book in the Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust.

**tamsmith** · June 21st, 2017, 10:06 PM

Gods of War by Jack Ludlow

**footstep** · June 22nd, 2017, 10:42 AM

S King 22/11/63 for the second time.

**wimbo77** · June 22nd, 2017, 06:30 PM

**charliels531** · June 26th, 2017, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by longjon73

The second book in the Karla trilogy is a departure from the previous Eastern Europe focus, as JLC turns his attention to China. George Smiley recruits journalist and part-time spy Jerry Westerby for a complex and dangerous mission...

This is a book that's best read as part of the series, rather than standalone, and given its bulk - it runs to about 700 pages, and takes time to get going - it demands quite a lot of the reader. Once you get into it, there's some tremendously rich storytelling. Smiley's People will be next.

I loved it! The best line was, "He can't be a spy! He's on the list for a knighthood!" "In the trade we call that good cover."

Now I'm reading Michael Lewis's "Flash Boys" about computers making all the important decisions on Wall Street. What could possibly go wrong?

**BlueArsedFly** · June 26th, 2017, 08:55 PM

Piper Kernan "Orange Is The New Black"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Volume I"

**Sir Honkers** · June 26th, 2017, 11:21 PM

The Boy On The Bridge by M R Carey. A post apocalyptic zombie story which is apparently a sequel to The Girl With All The Gifts. Which I am going to read next and also look at the movie.

**Brecht** · June 27th, 2017, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Brecht

James Ellroy - The Big Nowhere (1988)

I ordered this in English a couple of weeks ago because I don't want to miss the authentic vernacular which seems to play an important role in James Ellroy novels. This is not exactly world class literature nor does it have indispensable educational value. But if anything, it's entertaining.

The Big Nowhere is the second of Ellroy's so-called L.A. Quartet. It starts with a brutal murder on New Year's Eve, as 1949 turns to 1950, and takes the reader into the dark alleys of 1950s Los Angeles. Police brutality and corruption, homophobia, labor union struggles in Hollywood, the Red Scare and racism are among the main topics in this novel. The main character is a young deputy called Danny Upshaw who is forced to confront his own demons as the story unfolds.

Started to read this last year but got bored after about 30 pages. I'm giving it another try. So far it's nastier than Ellroy's better known L.A. Confidential. Some of the characters in the latter novel make an appearance in The Big Nowhere as well because both novels are part of the same series. Examples are Dudley Smith or Turner "Buzz" Meeks.

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June 20th, 2017, 04:55 PM	#2102
anglocat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 132 Thanks: 62,477 Thanked 1,388 Times in 132 Posts	The one book I've got "on the go" at the moment is Bright Lights, Dark Shadows, by Carl Magnus Palm, a biography of the Swedish pop group Abba. I've only read the first few pages!

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Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,343 Thanks: 286,836 Thanked 386,205 Times in 30,299 Posts	Hawk. The 14th book in the Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust.

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