Recommend ONE book.

[aftershavedave]

Travels with Herodotus: Ryszard Kapuściński

his last book is mighty fine.

 

[crasher]

second actually, see above.

That's pretty good too - you need the Edith Grossman translation though.

C and P works in any translation.

 

[Don Quixote]

That's pretty good too - you need the Edith Grossman translation though.

C and P works in any translation.

Yeah i agree the Edith Grossman is the best version. Due to all the poems and proverbs in the book.

 

[colinpants]

How to play the Harmonic by kevin Hearn.

 

[Sweeney Todd]

The Outsider, by Albert Camus.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

 

[The Large One]

If it's a whodunnit you're after, any of the 'Roy Grace' (there's four so far) series by Peter James.

Set in Brighton, plenty of Brighton lowlife tales, and the main protagonist is an Albion fan.

Good stuff.

 

[brightonlass2009]

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

 

[brightonlass2009]

Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky. The most brilliant piece of fiction ever written (in any language).

actually a brilliant book.

 

[Norman Potting]

If it's a whodunnit you're after, any of the 'Roy Grace' (there's four so far) series by Peter James.

Set in Brighton, plenty of Brighton lowlife tales, and the main protagonist is an Albion fan.

Good stuff.

Very good reads and good to recognise most of the locations - a fifth one is due out in June - "Dead tomorrow" or something like that. I think there is a mention of his dad taking him to see "The Albion" in one of the books although Grace is a rugby fan (and player). Perhaps the plot for the new book is about the bizzare murder of a crooked DIY store owner and his failed politician sidekick, the remains of whom are disposed of in the foundations of a new stadium?

But apart from that "My father and other working class football heroes" by Gary Imlach" is a superb book even if you are not a football fan. I believe that I may have already mentioned this on numerous book related threads!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The Great Shark Hunt - a housebrick-sized collection of the journalism of Hunter S Thompson at the height of his powers.

Can I pick two? The Right Stuff - history of the American space race - by Tom Wolfe is a damn fine piece of reportage.

 

[Soton Seagull]

God is not Great - Christopher Hitchens

 

[The Mole]

If there's only one I can recommend:

Anna Karenina - Tolstoy

 

[champion7]

Does anyone have a copy of Build a bonfire i could borrow.

Thanks in advance.

 

[portlock seagull]

Very good reads and good to recognise most of the locations - a fifth one is due out in June - "Dead tomorrow" or something like that. I think there is a mention of his dad taking him to see "The Albion" in one of the books although Grace is a rugby fan (and player). Perhaps the plot for the new book is about the bizzare murder of a crooked DIY store owner and his failed politician sidekick, the remains of whom are disposed of in the foundations of a new stadium?

That would be just the best book ever if written about - maybe we should petition the author?

 

[Mr Banana]

Will Self - The Quantity Theory Of Insanity.

Just read it, for f***'s sake.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

God is not Great - Christopher Hitchens

That is imo an awful book. His arguments are poor and he spends most of his time patting himself on the back about how clever he is. You'd get more insight from an nsc shouting match.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

The Book Thief