| Because there's more to life. Fiction and not fiction that I read when the football gets too much. Politics and other sports will feature and reviews will sometimes be found on my other blog. Follow the links to CorriganReid at www.scottishfootballblog.co.uk | ||
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| Three to See the King
by Magnus Mills £5.91 Found at a less than promising book stall and a real find. A modern day fable. The simple prose and plotting suits the lonelin... | Apathy and Other Small Victories
by Paul Neilan £6.25 Bleak and cynical but very, very funny. There are few sympathetic characters and the main plot gets a bit weak towards the end... | Thank You for Smoking
by Christopher Buckley £5.46 A fine satire on modern day culture and advertising. Funny and at times ridiculous but the message is always there. And it's u... |
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| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Definitions)
by John Boyne £4.54 A truly stunning book. The greatest horror of the last century seen through the eyes of two young boys. A wonderful achievement. | Blitzcat (PB)
by Robert Westall £3.57 My Desert Island Book choice. For kids yes but a truly original way of dealing with World War II. | Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
by Simon Sebag Montefiore £5.91 History as it should be written. A fascinating insight into the life of a tyrant and the turbulent times of the 20th century. |
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| 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell £5.11 This book seems to have been a constant in my life for as long as I can remember. It has faults but it's still an enduring mas... | Orwell: The Life
by D.J. Taylor £6.99 My academic life would have been far easier if this had been written earlier. To say Orwell was a complex fellow is to underpl... | If I Don't Write It Nobody Else Will
by Eric Sykes £5.96 A strangely underrated giant of British comedy. He was also an eye witness to the work of the great UK comics. Worth reading f... |
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