A wife institutionalised and unable to recognise him. The old fellah fights against his carers and son who tell him to give up Sixten his dog.
He only really has one friend left,his memories and his dog.
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George Orwell - Coming Up For Air. Reading this for my book group. Really enjoyable and a fine reminder of what a talented prose writer Eric was
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Another book from my university years. At that time, I gave up after having read about one third of it. Maybe I manage now to read the whole book? Let’s see.
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I would have been just out of school (c. 1979) when I read it. Given some of the topics Hofstadter addresses, it might make an interesting re-read just to see how much he got right.
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A rather racy (true) tale of robbery in London’s swankiest district back in the 1930s, alongside an examination of the rise of the “playboy” in Depresson-ravaged Britain in the same period.
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Coming up at Chalke History Fest in a few weeks time. No doubt he will be in the tent signing copies.
This one is a good read and well written. Saw Corera talk about it at Chalke last year.
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‘Touching the Void’ is still one of the great climbing book reads.
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Finished All Fours by Miranda July. As noted above I’m plainly not the target audience. Nevertheless it’s an incredible combination mix of stuff on perimenopause, desire, brilliant plotting and some extraordinary writing. A deeply uncomfortable read if you’re male but then men won’t read it. They really ought.
Once again, now for something completely different.
This 600 page whopper is a well-researched, very readable “biog” of the famed tech firm, as well as something of an encyclopaedic reference book for Apple buffs. The last 150 or so pages cover the Cook era, and this part isn’t especially exciting. The Jobs years make for a rattlingly good read though, despite the lack of any real “neverheard that one” revelations. Lots of great pictures, too.
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New author for me. Boone a police officer traumatised during a missing person investigation looses her memory and finds, although pensioned off ,the only way to hopefully recover the loss is by re investigating the crime. Assisted by the pregnant daughter of the local crime boss and Roo the Bulgarian sex worker we follow the trail back to the original crime.
A novel story well paced and written. Based upon the Kent Medway and its abandoned collieries.
£1.00 Charity shop purchase.
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Currently reading Mark “Splash” Ashton’s book. Very good. We attended a super talk by this guy at the Museum of Army Flying, really excellent.
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Now Reading…
THE HERO NEXT DOOR - Stories of Patriotism and Purpose
I recently saw a short interview of Martha discussing this May 26th release and ordered a copy.
Martha has been covering America’s wars for the ABC television network and has spent more than ten years working/reporting in combat zones. There are 10 chapters reporting the stories of individuals and their families who served.
I have enjoyed the first five chapters and look forward to reading the rest of the book.
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