What Book Did You Read Last Night??? (12 Viewers)

[Squiggle]

this thread has made me curious about flann o'brien. im going to pick up some of his stuff in the library today

Start with The Third Policeman would be my advice.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Start with The Third Policeman would be my advice.

that i will, cheers

 

[vnvnvn2000]

Senna puts together a dramatic family puzzle, with honesty and style. She's speaking at NYPL on May 27 - - Rebecca "Third Wave Feminism" Walker will be interviewing her...pls come!

 

[rettucs]

Start with The Third Policeman would be my advice.

definitely.

I haven't read anything else by him but the third policeman is so great.

And please don't try to read too much into whats going on when hes telling the story. Just go with it. It'll all make sense by the time you're finished.

In other words, if you're cynical at all about it it'll ruin it for you.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

crappy library had no flann o'brien. got these instead

 

[Kermit McDermott]

They had good food, wine and cigars. And decided on the best way to kill a few million people.

 

[piratecore]

They had good food, wine and cigars. And decided on the best way to kill a few million people.

you should check out auschwitz: the nazis and the final solution by laurence rees. there is a dvd of it as well. utterly soul destroying but very well written/put together. the interviews are unbeleivable. the most harrowing thing i have ever watched/read.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

you should check out auschwitz: the nazis and the final solution by laurence rees. there is a dvd of it as well. utterly soul destroying but very well written/put together. the interviews are unbeleivable. the most harrowing thing i have ever watched/read.

i've read this, watched the dvd and also watched nazis: a warning from history. essential viewing/reading. so harrowing but handled very well in rees's hands. the interviews with the auswitchz gaurd are mind boggling

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I've started reading Black Swan. It's interesting thus far. Pop philosophy book about unpredictability of major events.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

you should check out auschwitz: the nazis and the final solution by laurence rees. there is a dvd of it as well. utterly soul destroying but very well written/put together. the interviews are unbeleivable. the most harrowing thing i have ever watched/read.

I went with the villa, the lake, the meeting cause it was £0.01 and the reviews were good. I've 5 or 6 different Nazi books, fascinating bunch of lunatics. There's one about IG Farben (Hell's cartel) that sounds good aswell.

 

[magicbastarder]

I've started reading Black Swan. It's interesting thus far. Pop philosophy book about unpredictability of major events.

didn't really like it. i didn't take anything away from the book, and the author is a cock.

 

[Anarcho Munk]

The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde


It's absolutely deadly. Don't know why I never read it before, it's been sitting on my book shelf for about a year. Big mistake.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

didn't really like it. i didn't take anything away from the book, and the author is a cock.

Yeah he is a bit. Some of his points and analogies etc. are terrible too. I think it could have done with some decent editing/rewriting.

 

[sweetoblivion]

Read this last week. Highly recommended, especially if you like crime and/or stuff about the Victorian age.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

next on my list is Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

this wasnt bad

next - The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

[crucio]

Atomised by Houellebecq. Seriously one of the best books I've ever read.

 

[eclectichoney]

Atomised by Houellebecq. Seriously one of the best books I've ever read.

Really??? I thought it wasn't much above brutal on the scale of bad books tbh. But then again, sure what do I know!

 

[sweetoblivion]

I hated it, it made me furious sorry Crucio!

 

[Jim Daniels]

Reading it all in one go.... almost

Its deadly

 

[Cryptid]

Atomised by Houellebecq. Seriously one of the best books I've ever read.

I loved the movie Atomised but have never read the book. I tried reading The Possibility Of An Island, but didn't like it. I found the characters too unsympathetic, basically, they're all rich assholes. He's a bit of an enfant terrible though, which is cool.