The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney. I enjoyed this. An easy read which goes off the rails a bit towards the end but was good enough for me to want to read the upcoming sequel.
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I keep meaning to reread that, I think I was too immature for itView attachment 11666 Happy 100th birthday to the great Carson McCullers. Love this Penguin edition of one of my favourite books.
The Plot Against America is good. First book of his I read and remains my favourite. Alternate history in which Charles Lindbergh becomes president of the US and starts rounding up Jews. More focused storytelling, less meandering nonsense about women being cows and such, pretty scary given the current political climate.American Pastoral; just a book I thought I should read since it seems to be part of the literary fabric of books people like to mention.
The only other Roth I've read is the Human Stain which I hated more than you hate Simply Red.
This was... eh....fine. I guess. I liked it on pure skill level as he meandered around, in and out of thoughts and events, a real mastery level there. Otherwise I suppose I just don't really care about the lives of rich Americans having a hard time of it. It's a pity Merry didn't bomb the entire fucking neighbourhood tbh
I wouldn't be against reading more by him (which I was after the Human Stain) but I won't be rushing out to do it. I suspect I have no interest in anything he wants to talk about.
reading 'boomerang' by michael lewis (he who wrote 'the big short'); it's very funny; he visits the various countries in europe which suffered in the downturn to understand why, and is very amusingly cutting about each one in turn. i've read the chapters on iceland, greece and ireland so far.
yeah maybe some day.The Plot Against America is good. First book of his I read and remains my favourite. Alternate history in which Charles Lindbergh becomes president of the US and starts rounding up Jews. More focused storytelling, less meandering nonsense about women being cows and such, pretty scary given the current political climate.
yeah maybe some day.
But probably never.
The novel is told from the point of view of Philip Roth as a child.
Fantastic, more stories about the struggles of the rich and connected.Philip's aunt Evelyn marries Lionel Bengelsdorf and becomes a frequent guest of the Lindbergh White House, even being invited to a dinner party for German Foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop. This causes further strain in the family.
Indignation - that was the other one I liked, the one where the protagonist is deadI didn't think Roth's parents in it where rich themselves but it has been a while since I read it, maybe 2007.
I thought the plot against america was very good, american pastoral was ok, indignation and nemesis too were very good but I found some others of his to be awful like portnoy's complaint, Everyman and exit ghost.
I guess I like his novels where the protagonist isn't old.
Currently reading all for nothing by Walter kempowski
Next - Jocasta by Brian Aldiss. I'm expecting lots of juvenile bawdiness from this one.
Still reading this, I was flying through the middle section (it's divided into three books) but got bogged down again by the Lucia Joyce chapter (written in homage to Finnegans Wake, it's fairly dense and long). Really enjoying it so far but hope to finish soon so I can catch up on all the other books waiting to be read.Just started Alan Moore's Jerusalem. See you in a few years.
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Just started the Dublin One City One Book book.
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Seems a bit clunky, but a nice easy read so far. Also top marks for getting a shiny brand new copy from the library.
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